Household Water Insecurity and its Importance for Ensuring Food, Nutrition and Well-being

Thursday, June 4, 2020

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Chair(s)

Sera Young, PhD

Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, United States

Sera Young, PhD

Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Asher Rosinger, PhD, MPH

Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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Zeina Jamaluddine, MSc

Instructor of Public Health Practice
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Claudia Ringler, PhD

Deputy Division Director of Environment and Production Technology Division
IFPRI
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Edward Frongillo, PhD

Professor and Director of Global Health Initiatives
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, PhD

McGill University
Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD

Professor
Yale School of Public Health
New Haven, Connecticut, United States

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM EDT

Conceptual and Empirical Grounding for Assessing Water Insecurity: Indicators and Pathways
Sera L. Young, PhD – Northwestern University
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM EDT

Water Insecurity and Human Biology in Kenya and Bolivia
Asher Rosinger, PhD, MPH – Penn State University
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Household Water Insecurity in 23 Low- and Middle-income Countries
Zeina Jamaluddine, MSc – American University of Beirut
11:30 AM EDT

Harmonizing Actions on Water and Nutrition within the United Nations
Claudia Ringler, PhD – IFPRI
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Panel Discussion
Sera L. Young, PhD – Northwestern University; Asher Rosinger, PhD, MPH – Penn State University; Zeina Jamaluddine, MSc – American University of Beirut; Claudia Ringler, PhD – IFPRI; Edward A. Frongillo, PhD – University of South Carolina; Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, PhD – McGill University; Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD – Yale School of Public Health