Deadline for NFP: 22 March 2016
The Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation (CDI) will conduct short term course on ‘HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security’ from 26 September 2016 to 14 October 2016 in the Netherlands. Applicants can participate in this course via the Netherlands Fellowships. NFP fellowships help to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, tuition fee and insurance.
This course focus on the interrelationship between health, food and nutrition security and how this can be addressed for HIV positive individuals and their families and communities using a human-rights based approach. Highly skilled experts will facilitate the course to provide you with the knowledge and skills to strengthen, design and implement programmes and interventions to mitigate the negative effects of HIV/AIDS on the livelihood, using a rights-based approach.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course you will:
- have insight into the medical aspects of HIV/AIDS and their relation to nutritional status;
- understand the interrelation between food and nutrition security and HIV/AIDS;
- have strengthened your competence to design a programme or intervention to address the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS on food and nutrition security, using a rights-based approach;
- have clear ideas on how to lobby/advocate to mainstream HIV/AIDS in policies and programmes.
Who can Apply
- Applicants should have a BSc or equivalent in the field of food and nutrition, home economics, agriculture, medicine or a related field, and have at least three years of professional experience related to the field of the course.
- Proficiency in English is required.
How to Apply
- A complete application consists of two parts
- A registration for a short course at CDI
- An application for an NFP fellowship through the online application form
- Applications can be accessed online through the website. Applicants must first have to create an account on the website and register themselves for the course.
- After completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email. If you are eligible to apply for an NFP fellowship, you will receive an admission letter with instructions on how to apply for an fellowship (if applicable).
For more information and to apply for this short course, please visit Wageningen UR short Course 2016.
For more information about Netherlands Fellowships, please visit Netherlands Fellowship Programme.
