Courses
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The Leeds Course in Clinical Nutrition in “Managing Clinical Nutrition” 3-6 September 2002 This course is intended to provide a thorough grounding in all aspects of clinical nutrition and will appeal to clinicians, dieticians, hospital pharmacists, nursing staff, nutritionists and others with interest in patient nutrition. Information and applications forms can be obtained by
contacting: s.armitage@leeds.ac.uk and
www.clinical-nutrition.co.uk |
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World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August 2002! This year’s theme is promoting Breastfeeding: Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies. For more information and materials contact:
www.waba.org.br |
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Short Course in Evaluation of Health Programmes in Complex Emergencies at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 16-20 September 2002 This innovative course provides an introduction to the theory, practice and methodologies required for the evaluation of health sector interventions in situations characterised as conflict induced humanitarian emergencies. Total course fee is £650. For further information contact Dr. Egbert Sondorp at +44
(0)20 7612 7883 or egbert.sondorp@lshtm.ac.uk |
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Regional Course in Participatory Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture for East and Southern Africa Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research, Extension, and Development in Africa (SACRED Africa), this course will take place in Jinja, Uganda from October 13-18, 2002. Deadline for registration is September 1, 2002 and course fee is US$500. Contact Eusebius J. Mukhwana at email
sacred@africaonline.co. |
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4th Biennial Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference 15-18 September 2002 Visit www.abic.net for more information on how to
register |
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Call for Abstracts! The 5th International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, hosted by the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand, will be held on 26-29 January 2003 in Chiang Rai, Thailand Conference will have updates on the latest development in areas of dietary assessment and share valuable information and experience among those interested in dietary assessment methods. Abstract form can be downloaded at
www.inmu.mahidol.ac.th/dietconf and are due 31 August 2002 |
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1st African Nutritional Epidemiology Conference The Centre for Food, Nutrition and Public Health (University of Westminister) and the Department of Hospitality and Food Consumer Science (Vaal Triangle Technikon) aim to integrate the study of social, cultural, dietary and behavioural characteristics to promote health for society. 19-21 August 2002. Auditorium 200, Vaal Triangle Technikon, Andries Potgieter Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Contact Ms. Alinah Mokoena
alinah@nt.tritek.ac.za |
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World Summit on Sustainable Development 26 August to 4 September 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa This summit will bring together UN Member States, NGOs, business and other major groups to focus on actions to achieve sustainable development and to strengthen the implementation of Agenda 21, adopted at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Contact www.johannesburgsummit.org/ for more
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WABA Global Forum 2 Nurturing the Future: Challenges to Breastfeeding in the 21st Century 23-27 September 2002, Arusha, Tanzania. The forum brings together a diverse group of individuals and organizations and provide a unique opportunity to discuss and formulate strategies to improve infant and young child nutrition and care through the protection and support of breastfeeding, with the focus on the community. Contact www.waba.org.br for more information |
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25-28 September 2002 Forum on Common Challenges for Health and Care in Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria The 5th EHFG will gather participants from the European Institutions and all relevant societal sectors (patients & consumers, politics & administration, business & industry and science & academia) with the aim of providing a platform for discussion between stakeholders. Visit www.ehfg.org for more information on
registration. |
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer will hold a Conference on Alcohol and Cancer 7-8 November 2002, in Lyon, France to review the evidence and present new results on the link between alcohol beverage drinking and cancer. Participants wishing to register free of charge can do so
at: www. iarc.fr/alcohol.html |
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1st Central European Congress on Food and Nutrition and 2nd Slovenian Congress on Food and Nutrition, Ljubljana, Slovenia 22-25 September 2002 Contact: Prof. Peter Raspor, Programme Chair, Scientific
Secretariat, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, S1-1000 Ljubl-jana,
Slovenia, Tel: +386 (0) 1 423 1161 or peter.raspor@bf.uni-lj.si |
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Third International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods 17-20 November 2002, Beijing, China. Contact cifst@public.bta.net.cn |
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Food Summit in China 13-16 November 2002, Shanghai, China Jointly sponsored by the China Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Contact Prof. Owen Fennema ofennema@facstaff.wisc.edu or
Ms. Shao Wei cifst@public.bta.net.cn for more information |
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XXI International Vitamin A Consultative Group (IVACG) Meeting and 2003 International Nutritional Anaemia Consultative Group (INACG) Symposium 3-7 February 2003, Marrakech, Morocco Contact IVACG/INACG Secretariat hni@ilsi.org for more
information on registering |
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Forum 6 of the Global Forum for Health Research will be held in Arusha, Tanzania 12-15 November 2002. A parallel session on child health and nutrition research will be held on 14 November. Registration fee for OECD countries is US$250 and US$50 for others. For more information and registration details contact www.
globalforumhealth.org |
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Workshops for the International Resource Laboratories for Iodine (IRLI). 12 established laboratories (2-3 in each major geographical areas) have been tentatively selected as the initial resource labs for the IRLI network. Plans are to begin with an initial coordinating workshop for representatives from these labs in November 2002 in Cape Town, South Africa. Contact John T. Dunn jtd@unix.mail.virginia.edu for more
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Save the dates! 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 16-20 July 2003 The theme of the Congress is ‘Feeding the World... Opportunities without Boundaries’. The technical program will consist of plenary lectures, discussion sessions related to the plenary lectures, symposia, roundtable discussions, student symposia and posters. Visit www.ift.org/meetings/conferences.shtml for more
information |
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Would you like to post an announcement on this bulletin board? The next issue of SCN News will go to print in December
2002 |
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FREE e-publication from the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC). Provides downloading of latest USAID reports. To subscribe visit: www.dec.org/addtolist.cfm |
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New emergency nutrition website! www.nutritionnet.net NutritionNET offers a unique opportunity for nutrition
professionals to share detailed knowledge about nutritional research and
operations. It aims to promote discussion between nutritionists, field workers,
academics, INGOs and donors about nutrition in the emergency context. |
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New Journal! African Journal of Food & Nutritional Sciences AJFNS disseminates both academic and nutrition pro-gramme information, including sections on policies, research, and student contributions, from Africa. Articles are written both in English and French. For subscription information, contact:
www.ajfns.net |
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New from UNHCR This CD-ROM contains two sections: The Essential Reference Collection - an essential set of publications from WHO, UNHCR, other UN agencies and NGOs- and the Health, Food and Nutrition Toolkit - checklists, formats, guidance materials and other useful report forms to aid in programme management and coordination. The Toolkit is available also in hardcopy upon request. Contact HCDS for further information:
hqts00@unhcr.ch |
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Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates are now available in French and Russian! The Updates are provided as a free public health service to health professionals and students. They are currently produced in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese, as well as the two new editions. To request the receive the Clinical Nutrition Updates,
please send an email requesting your preferred language to
upL@arborcom.com |
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Published papers from the Bellagio Conference on the
Nutrition Transition in the Developing World and its Health Implications
held 20-24 August 2001, can be downloaded by visiting the Nutrition
Transition website: www.nutrans.org and clicking on the Bellagio Conferences
papers link |
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IBFAN has posted a report on infant feeding issues at
the 55th World Health Assembly on its site: www.
ibfan.org/english/news/press/press21may02.html. Also available on the site is
the text for a new resolution on infant and young child nutrition. The
resolution endorses a new Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding,
the outcome of a 4-year consultative process involving all member
states. |
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WHO and top publishers launch the “Access to Research” internet initiative for developing countries The initiative makes more than 1,000 journals available free or at reduced charge to institutions in about 70 developing countries. Visit the website: www.healthinternetwork.net for more
information |
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Representatives of NGO/Civil Society participants to the SCN Steering Committee are: Flavio Valente flvalente@tecnolink.com.br |
