1. A meeting in late 2014 in New York brought together 40-50 practitioners from NGOs, UN agencies, and donors to discuss integrating community case management (iCCM) and nutrition. 2. Three key outcomes from the meeting were establishing a common advocacy agenda, strengthening evidence and guidance around the nutrition component of iCCM, and forming a formal platform to link stakeholders. 3. Next steps identified were agreeing on a 24-month workplan, collecting appropriate data, advocating loudly and clearly for the message, and bridging connections with other relevant initiatives, people, platforms, and agencies.

1. CORE Group – Spring 2015 - Integrated Community Case Management & Nutrition
CONCLUSIONS OF THE ICCM & NUTRITION NY MEETING & NEXT STEPS
Saul Guerrero
Action Against Hunger UK I ACF UK

2. By the end of 2014, the collaborative work on Nutrition & iCCM had resulted in….
LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS: Review of Nutrition & iCCM
CONCRETE ACTIONS: Research Gaps & Priorities
But this conversation was still happening within a relatively small group of (mostly
nutrition) people
We needed a wider debate, and the Meeting in December 2014 in NY offered that space
We had 40-50 practitioners, including nutrition and health practitioners from iNGOs, UN
agencies and donors

3. WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING?

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COMMON AGENDA
• Business Case
• Advocacy and Communication Strategy
STRENGTHEN INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE TO INFORM
NORMATIVE GUIDANCE
• Strengthen nutrition component of existing iCCM guidance
• Explore new ways of expanding nutrition component in iCCM (e.g. SAM treatment)
• Explore ways of expanding care of childhood illnesses in nutrition guidance (e.g.CMAM)
3FORMAL PLATFORM
• To link stakeholders

5. NUTRITION SUB-GROUP
CCM Task Force

6. NUTRITION SUB-GROUP
Co-chaired by ACF-UK & UNICEF
CIFF, IMC, IRC, Malaria Consortium, PSI, Save the Children, USAID
Consolidate: To consolidate, reinforce and promote the existing nutrition components of
iCCM (e.g. nutrition counselling, screening and referral of acute malnutrition cases).
OBJECTIVES
Expand: To explore options to strengthen the integration of nutrition into iCCM (e.g.
acute malnutrition treatment, etc.)
Leverage: To advocate for the development of nutrition within iCCM both in policy and
practice including leveraging funding for this work

7. SO WHAT’S NEXT?

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AGREE ON THE FINAL WORKPLAN FOR THE NEXT 24 MONTHS
COLLECT THE RIGHT DATA
DELIVER THE MESSAGE, LOUDLY AND CLEARLY
BRIDGE THE GAP WITH OTHER INITIATIVES/PEOPLE/PLATFORMS/AGENCIES

9. This is an invitation
TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE,
TO LEND YOUR VOICE,
TO BE PART OF THIS EXCITING JOURNEY
Connect and help us shape it at this crucial formative point