SCN Working Groups




About the SCN 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.


Terms of Reference of the SCN Working Groups


The Terms of Reference for the SCN Working Groups outlined in the SCN Strategic Framework 2006-2010, states that each Working Groups has an annual work plan which is aimed at identifying and filling both knowledge and implementation gaps. The Working Groups host workshops as an integral part of the annual SCN Session.


SCN Working Groups and Chairs


Each Working Group has a Chair and two Co-Chairs, usually one from each of the three constituencies.

Currently there are nine SCN Working Groups:

Working Group Chair*/Co-Chair(s) EMail contact address
Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding David Clark, UNICEF*
Isatou Jallow, WFP
Kay Dewey, UC, Davis		 dclark@unicef.org
isatou.jallow@wfp.org
kgdewey@ucdavis.edu
Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition Patrick Stover, UNU*
David Sanders, Univ. of the Western Cape, South Africa
Emorn Wasantwisut, Mahidol University, Thailand		 pjs13@cornell.edu
dsanders@uwc.ac.za
numdk@mahidol.ac.th
Household Food Security Florence Egal, FAO*
Hélène Deret - ACF, France
Jeanineke Dahl Kristensen, Denmark		 Florence.egal@fao.org
hderet@actioncontrelafaim.org
jedakr@um.dk
Micronutrients Martin Bloem, WFP*
Jacques Berger, France
Gary Gleason, INF		 martin.bloem@wfp.org
Jacques.Berger@ird.fr 
ggleason@inffoundation.org
Nutrition in Emergencies Caroline Wilkinson, UNHCR*
Zita Weise Prinzo, WHO
Anne Callanan, WFP
Caroline Abla, USAID		 wilkinso@unhcr.org
weiseprinzoz@who.int 
anne.callanan@wfp.org
cabla@usaid.gov
Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights Margret Vidar, FAO*
Flavio Valente, FIAN
Asako Hattori, OHCHR
Marlis Lindecke, GTZ
Marc Cohen, Oxfam: Rapporteur		 margret.vidar@fao.org
Valente@fian.org
ahattori@ohchr.org
marlis.lindecke@gtz.de
mcohen@OxfamAmerica.org
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS  Andrew Tomkins, Institute of Child Health*
Stuart Gillespie, IFPRI
Randa Saadeh, WHO
Bruce Cogill, A2Z
 a.tomkins@ich.ucl.ac.uk
s.gillespie@cgiar.org
saadehr@who.int
bcogill@aed.org
Nutrition of School-Age Children Nancy Walters, WFP*
Natalie Roschnik, Save the Children US
Lesley Drake, Partnership for Child Development		 Nancy.Walters@wfp.org   nroschnik@savechildren.org
lesley.drake@imperial.ac.uk 
Nutrition Throughout the Lifecycle Ricardo Uauy, IUNS*
Ana Beatriz Vasconcellos, Brazil
Chizuru Nishida, WHO 		Ricardo.Uauy@lshtm.ac.uk
ana.vasconcellos@saude.gov.br
nishidac@who.int                
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