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Zohra Lukmanji <[log in to unmask]>
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Zohra Lukmanji <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:11:45 +0530
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Thanks Ruth
am just out of Tz as indicated before.
So hope to catch up wen back
zohra


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Charrondiere, Ruth (ESN) <
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> Dear all,
>
> First of all, let me again express our gratitude to Prof. Isaac Olu
> Akinyele, our former AFROFOODS coordinator, and our sadness for him passing
> away in March 2013. He did a lot for Africa and was involved in INFOODS
> activities almost from the beginning.
>
>
>
> I am pleased to inform you that we have new AFROFOODS coordinators. During
> several sykpe meetings, we decided to have for the African region and each
> sub-region a coordinator and a vice coordinator in order to be stronger and
> to be able to get more work done. In addition, we held an AFROFOODS meeting
> on 22 July 2014 at the ANEC IV conference in Accra, Ghana, which was
> attended by over 50 participants.
>
>
>
> AFROFOODS coordinator: Henrietta Nkechi Ene-Obong from Nigeria
>
> AFROFOODS vice coordinator: Ismael Thiam from Senegal
>
> WAFOODS coordinator: George Amponsah Annor from Ghana
>
> WAFOODS vice coordinator: Paulina Addy from Ghana
>
> ECSAFOODS coordinator: Zohra Lukmanji from Tanzania
>
> ECSAFOODS vice coordinator: to be identified
>
> CAFOODS coordinator: Pascal Christiant Kouebou from Cameroon
>
> CAFOODS vice coordinator: Achu Mercy Bih Loh from Cameroon
>
> Scientific Advisor: Hettie Schoenfeldt
>
>
>
> In addition, a new position was created to collect the names of foods
> consumed in Africa which is not found in any food composition table. Mr.
> Ibukun J. Afolami ([log in to unmask]) volunteered to collect this
> information. I would like to thank him for volunteering to carry out this
> task. Please send him the missing foods from FCT. They will be used when
> developing new or updating the existing food composition tables and
> databases.
>
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Ruth
>
> INFOODS coordinator
>
>
>
> Ruth Charrondiere, PhD
>
> Nutrition Officer
>
> FAO
>
> Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
>
> 00153 Roma
>
> Italy
>
> Telephone: +39 06 570 56 134
>
> Fax: +39 06 570 54593
>
>
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