On behalf of my African colleagues, we celebrate the great sacrifices of both Ismael and George in advancing the cause of nutrition in Africa through their expertise and I also welcome both Angela and Ella. I hope my African colleagues will make the incoming team's jobs easier by working closely with them to enhance our in-country FCT. Francis ____________________________ Francis B. Zotor PhD, RNutr, FHEA Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition Director, International Programmes Office of International Programmes University of Health & Allied Sciences P.M.B 31, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana. Web: www.uhas.edu.gh Skype: dr.francis.b.zotor *Council Member, International Union of Nutritional Sciences: 2017-2021 *Immediate Past President, African Nutrition Society* *Member, Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network* On 12 December 2017 at 22:30, Charrondiere, Ruth (ESN) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have the pleasure to announce two new coordinators: > > > > Ismael Thiam served for several years as vice AFROFOODS coordinator. I > would like to thank him for his valuable support during all these years, > especially for having initiated the West African Food Composition Table. > These are great achievements and he will always be remembered for that. > > > > > > Angela Kimani from Kenya will become the new AFROFOODS coordinator. She > was key in getting the Kenyan FCT updated which will be published in early > 2018. I expect her to help other African countries to update their food > composition table. I warmly welcome her. I am sure she will be actively > assisting Henrietta and the other subregional coordinators in Africa. > > > > George Annor moved to the USA recently to take over new responsibilities. > I would like to thank him deeply for all his engagement and work done for > INFOODS and AFROFOODS in West Africa. It was a real pleasure to work with > him on the development of the West African Food Composition Table, the > trainings we did together or he and Henrietta delivered together. I am sure > that we will continue working together on food composition also in the > future. > > > > Ella Compaore from Burkina Faso will take over the WAFOODS coordinator > position. She has also contributed a lot to the development of the update > of the West African FCT. I warmly welcome her and I am sure she will do a > good work. > > > > Thank you again for all your support and a welcome to those who took over > the positions. I wish them much success. Their email are in cc in case > someone wishes to send them a private mail. > > > > Best wishes > > Ruth > > > > U. Ruth Charrondiere, PhD > > Nutrition Officer > > INFOODS coordinator > > Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean > > FAO of the UN > > Dag Hammarskjold 3241 > > Vitacura, Santiago, Chile > > Tel. +56-2-29232105 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1