Diploma in Food Security and Nutrition in Humanitarian Emergencies

Diploma in Food Security and Nutrition in Humanitarian Emergencies

Course Overview

Natural disasters as well as complex emergencies at times can have significant effects on household food security and the nutritional status of the affected population. Assessing the impact and understanding the coping mechanisms of different affected social groups are needed to target, design, and implement appropriate strategies that will protect and promote good nutrition and household food security throughout relief and rehabilitation responses. Activities in this area of study strive to strengthen the capacity of governments and local institutions to design and implement such strategies and to improve collaboration among various organizations dealing directly with nutrition concerns in emergency relief and rehabilitation.

The course content will examine food insecurity and nutritional deficiencies as they appear in different types of humanitarian emergencies. The course discusses the profiles of international relief organizations that are involved in nutrition and food assistance are presented and common nutrition and food assistance interventions in emergency settings. Factors contributing to food insecurity are considered and various response modalities, including in-kind assistance and cash-based approaches, are discussed.

• Introduction to food security and Nutrition in Humanitarian emergencies

• Roles, responsibilities, and key stakeholders in humanitarian assistance

• Social-political factors surrounding emergencies

• Approaches to Nutrition Situation Analysis in Crisis

• Strategies to support & strengthen food security and restore livelihoods

• Food aid/assistance

• Selective feeding programs

• Nutrition and care at the household level

• Management of food and nutrition responses in emergency

• Monitoring and evaluation of food and nutrition responses in emergency