As the COVID-19 pandemic is still unfolding, most countries have introduced measures to cope with the increased caseload of severe COVID-19 patients while maintaining core health services and implementing measures to control the transmission of the virus. Ensuring people affected by humanitarian crises are included in all COVID-19 outbreak readiness and response strategies may require assessing the needs at community and household levels. However, in the context of a pandemic or similar health epidemics requiring physical distancing (i.e. Ebola) there is a strong public health rationale to explore all options for assessing nutritional status before making the decision to embark on primary data collection at community and household level.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • Become familiar with the considerations for when and how to initiate nutrition data collection by population, representative household-level surveys that involve physical contact with household members (such as those involving anthropometric measurement and capillary blood sample for measurement of haemoglobin concentration) in the context of health epidemics or pandemics where these face-to-face, surveys may be problematic

Audience

This module is an introductory-level course aimed at anyone who is interested in developing skills and knowledge in nutrition cluster coordination in humanitarian contexts, and who needs to engage with humanitarian architecture on this topic. It is part of the recommended learning path for sub-national nutrition cluster coordinators aiming to progress to national-level roles.

Length

It should take you about 20 minutes to complete this self-paced course. 

Methodology

This course is composed of a single short self-paced animated module, including various examples and activities. 

Structure

Introduction

Lesson 1: Considerations for when and how to conduct nutrition data collection by population, representative household-level surveys that involve physical contact with household members in the context of health epidemics or pandemics
20 mins

Summary

Contact details

For technical issues, you can contact https://www.nutritioncluster.net/Ask_question