Challeges, successes and opportunities to improve nutrition in Uganda
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Uganda Nutrition Congress
19th – 20th February, 2009. Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. Organised by the Uganda Action for Nutrition Society (UGAN)
UGAN was initiated in 1999 and established with financial and technical support from USAID as one of the 3 Nutrition Coalition Societies in the East African Region. It was officially launched in 2004 with the First Lady of the Republic of Uganda as the Patron; its mission is to advance and lobby for better nutrition for sustainable national development through
- Capacity building
- Technical support
- Networking
- Information generation & dissemination
- Operational research and other means
The main objective of the congress was to raise public awareness on current nutrition issues and provide a forum to identify the challenges and discuss the opportunities to alleviation of malnutrition in Uganda.
Over 300 delegates from 19 countries attended – the majority being from East Africa, with many from other African countries and a few from America, Europe and Asia.
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