Victor Ochieng Owino Keywords nutrient metabolism nutrition Health food management malnutrition problem human nutrition Read more about Victor Ochieng Owino Dr. Victor Owino is a Nutrition Specialist in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s, Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section. His work focuses on supporting the Member States to apply stable isotope techniques to design and evaluate nutrition interventions that target all forms of malnutrition. Current thematic areas include understanding protein quality and the interaction between adverse environmental exposures, nutrient metabolism, and nutritional and health outcomes.
Deanna Olney Keywords diet nutrition Health and well-being outcomes Read more about Deanna Olney Deanna Olney has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biology from the University of California Davis with a designated emphasis in International Nutrition and minors in Statistics and Epidemiology. Currently, Deanna is a Senior Research Fellow and a theme co-leader for Nutrition-Sensitive Programs in IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division. She has co-led a number of comprehensive evaluations of nutrition-sensitive programs to examine what impacts integrated programs have on maternal and child health, nutrition, and well-being outcomes, how impacts are achieved, and in some cases, at what cost.
Is a Global Food Crisis Looming? Read more about Is a Global Food Crisis Looming? This presentation gives an overview of the current status of global food security and food price trend and potential responses to build resilient food systems.
Tim Benton Keywords brown bag webinar rural development food security economic growth Pandemic Response health crisis economic fall-out nutrition Health food index international food prices sustainability Read more about Tim Benton Professor Tim G. Benton leads the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. He joined Chatham House in 2016 as a distinguished visiting fellow, at which time he was also dean of strategic research initiatives at the University of Leeds. From 2011-2016 he was the ‘champion’ of the UK’s Global Food Security programme which was a multi-agency partnership of the UK’s public bodies (government departments, devolved governments and research councils) with an interest in the challenges around food.
Looming Food Insecurity Concerns in Asia and the Pacific: What Should We Expect? Read more about Looming Food Insecurity Concerns in Asia and the Pacific: What Should We Expect?
Alison Macintyre Keywords WaterAid Australia Alison Macintyre WASH in healthcare facilities maternal and newborn health quality universal health coverage nutrition antimicrobial resistance public health Read more about Alison Macintyre Alison has led WaterAid Australia’s strategy, policy, research, and programming on the intersection of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) with human health since 2013. She supports health-related research, programming, and policy work in the Southeast Asia and Pacific regions and contributes to WaterAid’s global policy and advocacy. Her main areas of focus are WASH in healthcare facilities, maternal and newborn health, quality universal health coverage, nutrition, and antimicrobial resistance.
Anthea Webb Keywords RDFS2019 RDFS 2019 speakers WFP food security nutrition emergency preparedness climate change Read more about Anthea Webb Anthea Webb is the Deputy Regional Director for the Asia and Pacific Region of the United Nations World Food Programme, spanning operations valued at US $3 billion to assist 30 million people.