Implementation of the International Declaration on the right to nutritional care in the clinical setting and the fight against malnutrition

Authors

  • Charles Bermúdez Departamento de Cirugía. Clínica la Colina y Clínica del Country. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5401-019X
  • Angélica Pérez Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
  • Milena Puentes Liga Contra el Cáncer - Seccional Bogotá. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-8345
  • Lina López Grupo de Soporte Metabólico y Nutricional. Clínica Universitaria Colombia. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  • Mery Guerrero Servicio de Nutrición Clínica y Dietética de la Sociedad de Lucha contra el Cáncer, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Eloisa García Velasquez Departamento de Soporte Nutricional y Nutrición, Hospital Clínica San Francisco. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Serrana Tihista Departamento de Nutrición, Centro Nacional de Quemados. Docente de Escuela de Nutrición de la Universidad de la República, Uruguay
  • Gertrudis Baptista Universidad Central de Venezuela. Unidad de Soporte Nutricional, Hospital Universitario de Caracas.
  • Paola Sánchez Corrales Hospital Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia. Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. San José, Costa Rica.
  • Hayde Elena Villafana Medina Hospital regional docente de Trujillo, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú.
  • Lazaro Alfonso Hospital Pediátrico Universitario William Soler Ledea, La Habana. Cuba,
  • Tania Palafox Nutrición Clínica, Centro Médico Dalinde, Ciudad de México, México
  • Sonia Echeverri Comité de Ética Hospitalaria y de Humanismo y Bioética. Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2874-5736
  • Diana Cardenas Braz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0709-0307

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35454/rncm.v2supl1.033

Keywords:

Human Rights, Principles, Malnutrition

Abstract

 

Considering the high prevalence of malnutrition associated with disease and the need to advance education and research in clinical nutrition, the Cartagena Declaration was signed in May 2019. This is the International Declaration on the right to nutritional care which is addressed to societies, colleges and associations affiliated with FELANPE, and to any organization or institution that promotes the fight against malnutrition.

The Declaration provides a coherent framework of 13 Principles which can serve as a guide in the development of action plans. In addition, it will serve as an instrument for states to formulate policies and legislate in the field of clinical nutrition. We believe that the general framework of principles proposed by the Declaration can contribute to raising awareness about the magnitude of this problem and forging cooperation networks between the countries of the region, and why not, the world. It will be, then, contributing to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that seek, by 2030, to end all forms of malnutrition.

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References

Cardenas D, Bermudez CH, Echeverri S. Is nutritional care a human right? Clin Nutr Exp. 2019;26:1-7.

Crowley J, Ball L, Hiddink GJ. Nutrition in medical education: a systematic review. Lancet Planet Health. 2019; 3: e379–89.

Published

2019-12-21

How to Cite

Bermúdez, C., Pérez, A., Puentes, M., López, L., Guerrero, M., García Velasquez, E., Tihista, S., Baptista, G., Sánchez Corrales, P., Villafana Medina, H. E., Alfonso, L., Palafox, T., Echeverri, S., & Cardenas Braz, D. (2019). Implementation of the International Declaration on the right to nutritional care in the clinical setting and the fight against malnutrition. Journal Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, 2, 82–86. https://doi.org/10.35454/rncm.v2supl1.033

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