[cid:image001.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image002.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/> Digest No. 1191 10 September 2015 Discussion 119 [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] Nutrition-sensitive social protection programmes around the world – What’s being done and to what effect? until 13 September 2015 [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]How to participate Send your contribution to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>or post it on the FSN Forum website www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum> [cid:image005.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] In partnership with [cid:image006.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]<https://www.securenutritionplatform.org/Pages/Home.aspx> Dear members, Please find below the latest contributions to the discussion on “Nutrition-sensitive social protection programmes around the world – What’s being done and to what effect?"<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/social-protection-nutrition>. We would like to encourage you to take advantage of these last days to bring up social protection programmes which are helping to address nutrition problems. In parallel to this online exchange, participants at the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs<https://www.securenutritionplatform.org/Lists/Events/DispForm.aspx?ID=300> going on in Moscow are discussing on how to address country needs, disseminate best practices and promote the engagement of all actors in improving the impacts on nutrition of social protection programmes. Please visit the website<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/social-protection-nutrition> for the questions proposed and to read all contributions and post online or send your feedback to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. English<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/social-protection-nutrition>, French<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/forum/discussions/social-protection-nutrition> and Spanish<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/es/forum/discussions/social-protection-nutrition> are welcome. We look forward to further inputs! Your FSN Forum team [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]Chiara Deligia, FAO Chiara draws attention to the new FAO publication on Nutrition and Social Protection, which presents each social protection instrument and describes how its impact on nutrition can be enhanced. Read the contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programmes-around-world-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-bei-11> Link to the publication <http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4819e.pdf> [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]Wajid Pirzada, SAFWCO Foundation, Pakistan Wajid stresses the important contribution of social protection programmes in improving the quality and safety of food consumed by the poor. Read the contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programmes-around-world-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-bei-10> [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]Ellen Muehlhoff, FAO Ellen highlights the preliminary results of a study on social protection in Bangladesh which show that social cash transfers combined with nutrition education have the greatest impact on child nutrition. Read the contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programmes-around-world-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-bein-9> [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]Manuel Moya, International Pediatric Association, Spain Manuel shares his experience from the perspective of the Technical Advisory Group on Nutrition he chairs at the International Pediatric Association. He observes that the situation is improving concerning underweight (thanks to better food access and sanitation) but food education and very basic nutritional principles are clearly behind and the coexistence of undernutrition and increasing overweight goes often unnoticed. Read the contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programmes-around-world-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-bein-7> [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] [cid:image004.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0]Mebit Kebede, Jhpiego Ethiopia, Ethiopia Mebit describes the contribution of the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) to reducing malnutrition and includes trends on major child nutrition indicators. Read the contribution <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/contributions/re-nutrition-sensitive-social-protection-programmes-around-world-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-bein-6>Link to the document <http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/sites/default/files/resources/Ethiopian%20Productive%20Safety%20Net%20Program.docx> [cid:image003.png@01D0EBEA.62E0AAF0] www.fao.org/fsnforum<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/> CONTACT US<mailto:[log in to unmask]> • DISCLAIMER<http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/disclaimer-copyright> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FSNFORUM-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FSNFORUM-L&A=1