Region-wide assessment of the capacity for human nutrition training in West Africa: Current situation, challenges, and way forward

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sodjinou, Roger ^a,b   Fanou, Nadia ^a   Deart, Lucie ^a   Tchibindat, Félicité ^a   Baker, Shawn ^c   Bosu, William ^b   Pepping, Fré ^d   Delisle, Héléne ^e  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b West Africa Health Organization (WAHO)   (Burkina Faso)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity development; Curriculum development; Mapping; Nutrition; Nutrition training; Public health nutrition; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAPPING; NUTRITION; NUTRITION TRAINING; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; WEST AFRICA;

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; MAPPING; NUTRITION; NUTRITION TRAINING; PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION; WEST AFRICA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84894079803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23247     Document Type: Article

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