Geneva, 12 July 2022 (TDI): World Health Organization offers an e-learning course about Food Insecurity Health Readiness and Strategic Framework.
Food insecurity, hunger & malnutrition continue to ↗️ globally due to the mix of drivers incl.:
💥 conflicts
🌪️ weather extremes
🌡️ effects of climate change
📉 economic shocksLearn about WHO’s health strategy for food crises in this 🆕 #OpenWHO course:https://t.co/8YSGDYjTiJ pic.twitter.com/tQy2XbH6Wq
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 11, 2022
Economic fluctuations, climate change, and weather extremes cause food shortages, hunger, and malnutrition. Therefore, these three issues have increased globally. Famines have also increased. Unfortunately, there are few strategic frameworks to cater to food insecurity.
Henceforth, different departments in the headquarters have collaborated with WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) and the WHO Africa Region (AFRO). They have come up with a framework, Food Insecurity and Health Readiness, and Response Strategic Framework. They applied the framework in the e-learning programs in a course.
The Food Insecurity and Health Readiness and Response Strategic Framework
The course will define the Food Insecurity and Health Strategic Framework for readiness and preparedness.
Moreover, the comprehensive design of the course will include the effects of food shortages on health systems. Additionally, the basic concept of the framework will be explained.
The duration of the course is approximately thirty minutes. However, no certification is available now. The contents of the course include the five strategic domains of the framework: Coordination and Collaboration, Surveillance and Information, Outbreak prevention and control, Essential Nutrition Actions, and Health Service Actions. The course is comprehensive and all-encompassing,
The role of the WHO is imperative in the health sector. Unfortunately, this has often been neglected. However, now WHO has come up with a strategic framework for preparedness and readiness. EMRO and AFRO have also agreed to support the framework.
Thus, the aim is to have an effective health system that will improve global food security.
