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Day 3 - 27 May 2026 - Thematic Session 7 - Scaling Up Local Food-Based Approaches

#RomeNutritionWeek2026 | Day 3 - 27 May 2026 - Thematic Session 7 - Scaling Up Local Food-Based Approaches for the Management of Acute Malnutrition: New Evidence and Opportunities for Local Food-Based Strategies in a Changing World

This session will present and discuss emerging programmatic experiences and unpublished research on local food-based approaches to manage acute malnutrition in Bangladesh, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Ethiopia. It will explore how FBA can complement existing treatment models, particularly in contexts where access to SFFs/SNFs are constrained. Such strategies, if proven feasible and effective, may close the programmatic gap between healthy diet promotion for prevention and management of acute malnutrition. 

Organizers:
Action Against Hunger and World Vision International, FAO, WFP, Ghent University, Institute of Public Health Nutrition of Bangladesh, Programme National de Nutrition (République de Côte d'Ivoire), Government of Ethiopia, and World Vision Mali 

More Information: 
Rome Nutrition Week 2026: https://www.unnutrition.org/rome-nutrition-week-2026
Session page: https://www.unnutrition.org/rome-nutrition-week-2026/scaling-local-food-based-approaches-management-acute-malnutrition-new