SCN Activities: Working Groups

The Working Groups are often described as being at the heart of the SCN. Through the thematic Working Groups, participants take an active role in the work of the SCN, promoting the successful implementation of programmes, sharing advocacy and review tasks in the substantive areas deemed of greatest importance by the collective SCN body.

Some important contributions of the SCN Working Groups throughout the history include: accelerating approaches to the control of vitamin A deficiency through vitamin A capsules, facilitating the control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD), pioneering the importance of nutrition in the treatment of and dealing with the problem of HIV/AIDS, pioneering and developing the important concept of life-cycle consequences of malnutrition, providing the forum for the debate on duration of exclusive breastfeeding, developing and advocating a human rights based approach to nutrition, fostering important NGOs working on nutrition in emergencies, and hosting the consultation and publication that paved the way for community-based management of severe malnutrition in children.

Read more about the SCN Working Groups.