Workshop Agenda – Budapest

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY; OCTOBER 22 – 24, 2019

Participant List – Workshop Agenda

Day 1 – Tuesday, October 22

Session Lead
Welcome Director, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC)
Logistics and security briefing Chief of Operations (GSSC)
Introductions
Background and rationale for workshop

  • What is GAVA
  • Vitamin A supplementation (VAS), vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and child survival
  • GAVA Scaling Back VAS Policy Brief
 Alison Greig (NI)
Workshop agenda Caitlin Gomez (NI)
WHO indicators for assessing VAD

  • WHO guidelines on indicators of vitamin A status
  • Biological, demographic and ecological indicators of vitamin A status
  • Priorities in updating indicators for the assessment of vitamin A status in populations
 Lisa Rogers (WHO)
Situation analysis and discussion

  • Range of data required for the situation analysis
  • How to use data to contextualize the VAS program
 Andreas Hasman (UNICEF) & Rahul Rawat (BMGF)
DATA SESSION 1: Public health data

  • Role of public health data in the decision-making process
  • Criteria for assessing data sufficiency
  • Challenges in assessing sufficiency
 France Begin (UNICEF) & Andreas Hasman (UNICEF)
Country-specific working groups on public health data – Group work session
Country-specific working groups on public health data – Report back and discussion Moderator: Andreas Hasman (UNICEF)

 

Day 2 – Wednesday, October 23rd

Session Lead
Recap
DATA SESSION 2: Dietary data

  • Role of dietary data in the decision-making process
  • Sources of dietary data
  • Criteria for assessing data sufficiency
 Reina Engle-stone (UC Davis)
Country-specific working groups on dietary data – Group work session
Country-specific working groups on dietary data – Report back and discussion Moderator: Sherry Tanumihardjo (U Wisconsin)
DATA SESSION 3: Biomarkers for VAD

  • Review of biomarkers
  • Criteria for assessing data sufficiency
 Nicole Ford (CDC) & Maria Elena Jefferds (CDC)
Country-specific working groups on biomarkers for VAD – Group work session
Country-specific working groups on biomarkers for VAD – Report back and discussion Moderator: Maria Elena Jefferds (CDC)

 

Day 3 – Thursday, October 24th

Session Lead
Recap
Applying data to the GAVA decision-making framework Alison Greig (NI)
Country-specific working groups on applying data to the decision-making framework – Group work session
Country-specific working groups on applying data to the decision-making framework – Report back (part 1): Ghana, Nepal Moderator: Georg Lietz (Newcastle U)
Country-specific working groups on applying data to the decision-making framework – Report back (part 2): Uganda, Malawi Moderator: Georg Lietz (Newcastle U)
Feedback on policy brief and workshop approach Alison Greig (NI)