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Programming for Infant and Young Child Feeding - UNICEF Training

with Christina Stark

This free training course aims to enhance the competencies and build capacity of UNICEF staff and counterparts who are involved in Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) programmes in low- and middle-income 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.

Starting 12 November 2018, this course will have a new home and will only be offered through Agora, UNICEF’s global hub for learning.

Anyone who wants to take the course after 12 November 2018 will need to register for the course on Agora. The content is the same and you will still be able to earn personalized certificates of completion. The course remains free.

Register on Agora

Anyone who already registered for the course through Cornell NutritionWorks prior to 12 November 2018 will have 4 months from their registration date to complete the course on Cornell NutritionWorks.

The training course consists of 14 modules, including 11 lectures and 3 case studies:

Essentials of IYCF

  1. Essentials of Malnutrition
  2. Role of IYCF in Child Survival, Growth And Development
  3. Essentials of Breastfeeding
  4. Essentials of Complementary Feeding
  5. Essentials of Nutrition for Women

Programming

  1. Comprehensive IYCF Programming
  2. Selected Interventions for Improving Breastfeeding
  3. Selected Interventions for Improving Complementary Feeding
  4. Monitoring to Strengthen IYCF Programmes

Special Topics

  1. IYCF in Emergencies
  2. IYCF in the Context of HIV/AIDS

Case Studies

  1. Case Study - Country 1
  2. Case Study - Country 2
  3. Case Study - Country 3

After completing the training, you should have:

  • Awareness of up-to-date knowledge about IYCF and nutrition for women.
  • Ability to interpret data and describe population-based problems related to IYCF.
  • Ability to recommend appropriate IYCF research, programmes, and policies to supervisors, partners, and national governments.
  • Awareness of best practices to coordinate, facilitate, manage and monitor action on recommended IYCF research, programmes, and policies.
  • Awareness of best practices to incorporate IYCF initiatives with emerging issues.

After completing all 14 modules, the final exam, and a course evaluation survey, you will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion worth 14 continuing professional education modules. You can also earn a Certificate of Completion for each individual module whether or not you complete the entire training course.

Date Created: 2/15/18
Last Updated: 11/14/18
Keywords: UNICEF, infant, young child, feeding, programming, global health
 
 

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