Afshan Khan

Afshan Khan

Afshan Khan is the coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. With over 30 years as an international public official, she previously served as UNICEF regional director for Europe and Central Asia and as special coordinator for the refugee and migrant response in Europe. Khan also contributed to various U.N. initiatives and briefly served as CEO of Women for Women International. Born in Hyderabad, India, and raised in Montreal, Canada, she holds a master's degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and a bachelor's degree in Political Science from McGill University.

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Opinion: Nutrition for resilience — nourishing children in crises

Opinion: Nutrition for resilience — nourishing children in crises

over 2 years ago // Sponsored by Micronutrient Forum

Scaling up evidence-based nutrition interventions and investments that strengthen the nutrition resilience of systems, communities, and individuals has never been more urgent in an era of crises, argue Saskia Osendarp, Afshan Khan, and Ngozi Nnam.