AIM morning session

There will be a morning session prior to the SIGN conference, organised by Amsterdam Ininitative against Malnutrition (AIM).

Programme

9.00 Arrival and coffe
9.30 Welcome and program overview
9.45 Background of Amsterdam Initiative against Malnutrition
10.00 Food Security and Nutrition linkages – focus on school children
Review of nutritional status of school children with link to direct and indirect impacts of School Feeding (WFP/Unilever study)
10.30 Women-to-women initiative in Ghana
Example of public-private-partnership developing a nutritional product that meets the aspirational needs of the consumer and improves their lives
11.00 Innovative models for school feeding programs
Examples of solutions with private sector involvement and challenges of school feeding programs – Focus on scalability, quality and sustainability.
11.30 Discussion and wrap up

Interested in attending the program? Send an email to cpedersen@gainhealth.org


AIM is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands, Unilever, DSM, AkzoNobel, Wageningen University and ICCO.

AIM was launched in May 2009 during the GAIN Business Alliance Global Forum and its goal is to eliminate malnutrition for 100 million people in Africa by 2015. AIM represents an opportunity to combine the know-how of major players in the food and nutrition industry in six countries: Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique.