The Nutrition Profession in Africa: Meeting the Current and Future Challenges
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1. | Title | Title of document | The Nutrition Profession in Africa: Meeting the Current and Future Challenges |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | O. E. Oyewole; Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; Nigeria |
2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | A. M. Amosu; Department of Public Health, University of Venda, Thohoyandou; South Africa |
3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | |
3. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Nutritional Challenges, National Development, Nutrition Professionals, Capacity Building and Malnutrition |
4. | Description | Abstract |
The relevance of nutrition to national development is very strategic; even though many sub-Saharan African countries do not consider nutritional challenges as critical. Poor disposition to nutrition in many African countries are aggravated by the quality of nutrition professionals in the region. There is lack of reliable information regarding the number of people working as nutrition professionals and the quality of the training received. Majority of countries in Africa cannot boast of world-class nutrition training institutes and linkages with standard foreign institutes are few. The dearth of highly qualified nutrition professionals has resulted into poor nutrition programme planning, implementation and evaluation. In some cases, the outcome of many nutrition intervention programmes is at variance with the set goals due to faulty programme planning and design. It is obvious that urgent consideration should be given to capacity building of nutrition professionals in developing countries, especially in those countries where the problem of malnutrition has remained unabated for many years. Developmental assistance from donor countries and other global bodies should have nutrition components. Capacity building in nutrition stands as one of the most cost-effective veritable tools to enhance national progress. However, the UNICEF’s Conceptual Framework on the Causes of Malnutrition may need to include lack of capacity building for nutrition professionals as part of the strategies to tackle the underlying causes of malnutrition in developing countries. Availability of competent professionals in the field of nutrition may be the beginning of profitable journey to solving many problems confronting the continent of Africa. |
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7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2013-02-22 |
8. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | http://medical.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJANHS/article/view/Med-40 |
11. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | International Journal of Advanced Nutritional and Health Science; Vol 1, No 1 (2013) |
12. | Language | English=en | en |
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