26-28 August 2019. Kigali, Rwanda. 4th FANUS Conference. The federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) holds a nutrition conference every four years in one of member African countries.
Around a theme of “From Nutrition to sustainable development”, this conference is an opportunity to get updates on nutrition situation at global and country scale. It is a framework to showcase of countries’ achievement in addressing malnutrition in Africa. The conference is furthermore an exchange forum of best practices and approaches among African countries.
GAIN Plenary:
African Initiatives to Fight the Double Burden of Malnutrition:
Around a theme of “From Nutrition to sustainable development”, this conference is an opportunity to get updates on nutrition situation at global and country scale. It is a framework to showcase of countries’ achievement in addressing malnutrition in Africa. The conference is furthermore an exchange forum of best practices and approaches among African countries.
- The anticipated main accrued benefits from this conference are namely knowledge and expertise sharing, and achievements/lessons learnt on productive nutritional interventions, initiatives and policies among countries.
- The capacity of the young African scientists, professionals and practitioners in nutrition is expected to be strengthened due to the exposure to a wide and diverse expertise.
- The conference is a good platform for the African countries to showcase the achievements in fighting malnutrition to donors and to the international audience.
GAIN Plenary:
- Lessons learned from Integrating Nutrition Education with Biofortified Sweetpotato Promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. - Jan W. Low. 2016 World Food Prize Co-Laureate, International Potato Center-SSA
- Power for Mothers: Why Multiple Micronutrient Supplements in Pregnancy are an Ethical Issue - Professor Klaus KRAEMER- Managing Director, Sight and Life
- Prevalence of NCDs and Malnutrition: the Double Burden - Ngozi Nnam, University of Nssuka Nigeria
- National Heart Foundations as partners in nutrition actions, based on the experiences of the Nigerian Heart Foundation and its Heart Logo - Dr Kingsley Akinroye National Heart Foundations Nigeria
- The Choices program: an African proposition for Healthier Food Choices Speaker: Dr Rutger Schilpzand Choices International Foundation, Netherlands
- The way forward: WFP and SUN Business Network: National Partnerships for Nutrition Solutions - Mr Raphael Siwiti
- Malnutrition; Forms, Trends, Causalities, Innovations and Cost.
- Exploring the Potential of African Foods in Nutrition and disease.
- Leveraging Small Businesses to Improve Nutrition in Africa
- Multi-Sectoral Coordination of Nutrition Initiatives, Exploring Potential of African Foods
- Data Generation and Knowledge Systems
Mycotoxin exposure levels of rural Eastern Cape pregnant woman and its effect on infant birth anthropometric measures and gestational age: Martani Lombard, Monique Entres, Hester-Mari Burger, Philna Eksteen, Johanna Alberts, Wentzel Gelderblom, Gordon Shephard - Nutrition and Health Implication of the current Food System in Africa
Nutritious indigenous food ingredients for complementary food formulations as a pathway to fight against infant malnutrition in Benin: A review: Flora J Chadare, Yann E Madode, Nadia Fanou-Fogny, Janvier M Kindossi, Juvencio OG Ayosso, S Hermann Honfo, AP Polycarpe Kayodé, Anita R Linnemann, and D Joseph Hounhouigan, - Nutrition and NCDs and Data Generation
- Nutrition and NCDs
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