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External e-Learning Sources
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2023
Minimum dietary diversity for women
Offered by the FAO elearning Academy, this course has been designed to explain how to use the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator, with a view to contributing to improved diets among nutritionally vulnerable women of reproductive age.
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2021
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health
This open-access course from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has been designed to explore the multi-sectoral links between agriculture, nutrition and health, highlight current evidence and identify potential programmatic solutions.
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2021
ENeA: Breastfeeding
Whether an infant is breastfed or not is important for short- and long-term health in childhood. Breastfeeding in the first half year of life is clearly the best choice for children's nourishment and well-being. Therefore, this module offered by the Early Nutrition eAcademy focuses on breastfeeding, subdivided into three units in order to provide the user with comprehensive up-to-date information on breastfeeding issues.
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2021
ENeA: Complementary Feeding in Infancy
Offered by the Early Nutrition eAcademy, this module addresses timely and appropriate complementary feeding practices for infants and young children and their importance for healthy growth and development.
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2021
ENeA: Micronutrients in Pregnancy and Lactation
In this module offered by the Early Nutrition eAcademy, critical micronutrients for pregnancy and lactation are discussed in detail. An overview of relevant nutrients is presented, including biological function, physiological requirements and consequences for optimal fetal and infant development.
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2021
ENeA: Nutrition and Lifestyle During Pregnancy
Offered by the Early Nutrition eAcademy, this module addresses appropriate maternal nutrition and lifestyle before and during pregnancy and its significance for favorable pregnancy outcomes.
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2021
Harmonised Training Package (HTP) version 2
The Harmonised Training Package (HTP) is a training resource and technical reference document that comprehensively documents the latest information on Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE). Developed under the Global Nutrition Cluster umbrella, HTP is recommended as a key resource for capacity development at country level.The HTP is made up of 21 modules and a glossary. Each module contains four parts: Fact sheet (Part 1), Technical notes (Part 2), Trainers Guide (Part 3), and Resources (Part 4).
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2021
Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding
This training course, developed by UNICEF and Cornell University, aims to enhance the competencies and build the capacity of UNICEF staff and counterparts who are involved in infant and young child feeding (IYCF) programmes in developing countries. This includes programme development, programme implementation, programme evaluation, and other related activities for improving nutrition and health outcomes of infants, young children, and women.
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2021
Programming for Nutrition Outcomes
This course from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has been designed to explore the complicated problem of undernutrition, highlight its multi-sectoral causes and identify potential programmatic solutions. Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low- and middle-income countries and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 45% of all child deaths globally.
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2021
Training Course on Child Growth Assessment
The Training Course on Child Growth Assessment is a tool for the application of the WHO Child Growth Standards. It is intended primarily for health care providers who measure and assess the growth of children or who supervise these activities. The course is designed for use over 3 1/2 days. It teaches how to measure weight, length and height, how to interpret growth indicators, investigate causes of growth problems and counsel caregivers.
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2021
Nutrition and Disease: Nutrition and Cancer
This online course offered by Wageningen University focuses on a wide range of dietary exposures (including vegetables, meat, dietary supplements, alcohol) and lifestyle factors (including body composition and physical activity) in relation to the occurrence and progression of the most common types of cancer, such as large bowel cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer.
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2021
Nutrition and Health: Food Safety
This nutrition and health course from Wageningen University will teach you about the risk factors associated with food and give you the tools to assess and quantify the dangers they can present. You will learn about food safety, the effects of food processing, the shared responsibility in the food chain and the prevention of food poisoning. After this course, you will be able to differentiate what is a food myth and what is an actual health risk. Finally, you will gain a contemporary view of how different risks can be weighed in a scientific way.
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2021
Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition
In this course, Professor Sander Kersten from Wageningen University will introduce you to the chemistry of the three macronutrients fat, carbohydrate and protein. You will learn how macronutrients are absorbed, stored, and metabolized for energy, and you will gain a contemporary view of how different types of fats, carbohydrates and proteins affect human health. Moreover, the course will cover energy homeostasis and the regulation of bodyweight, and provides ample coverage of the topic of obesity. Finally, it will make you familiar with nutritional research and research methodologies.
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2021
Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition
This course from Wageningen University will address the micronutrient content of foods and will cover the role of the various micronutrients in the body. In addition, it will discuss how suboptimal nutrition and micronutrient deficiences may affect human health and will pay particular attention to global hunger and malnutrition.
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2016
Improving Nutrition Through Agriculture and Food Systems
Using two realistic scenarios, this course offered by FAO illustrates the linkages between agriculture, food systems, and nutrition, and describes existing opportunities for integrating nutrition into food system policies, investments, and programmes. The course offers a series of examples of nutrition-sensitive policies and interventions, as well as an overview of the main initiatives and commitment on nutrition.
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2015
Malnutrition eLearning: Caring for infants and children with acute malnutrition
Based on the WHO's guidelines, the course from University of Southampton provides standardised and interactive learning in 3 modules. In the first module you will learn the definition and classification of malnutrition, the visible and invisible changes caused by malnutrition and why malnourished children need different care from other children. In the second module you will learn how to assess and screen children for malnutrition, and in the third module how to manage children with malnutrition.