19th International Nutrition Congress (ICN 2009) Bangkok,Thailand

The deadline for abstract submission is 14th February 2009. Click on ICN 2009 for abstract submission instructions.

3rd AGSNet Conference

Final Announcement

The Steering Committee of the Africa Graduate Nutrition Students Network (AGSNet) invites you to attend the 3rd Biennial Conference of the African Graduate Nutrition Students Network which has been tentatively fixed for the 4th of October 2009 to coincide with the 19th International Congress of Nutrition which will be held in Bangkok from 4th-9th October 2009.

To qualify for AGSNet support for sponsorship, your abstract should be accepted by the organisers of the 19th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN 2009). In addition you should meet the AGSNet criteria for attending meetings/conferences.

Highlights of the AGS-Net Inaugural Conference:

The African Nutrition Graduate Students Network held its Inaugural Conference at the Beach Hotel in Durban, South Africa on September 19, 2005. The Conference was attended by thirty nine members from 13 African countries studying in 19 universities world wide.

Members present also had the opportunity to participate in the 19th International Congress of Nutrition which was held at the Durban International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa from the 19th to 23rd September, 2005.

Sponsors

Full Report

Breakdown of attendance:

Report of the 2nd Biennial Conference held in Maroc, 2007 will be posted shortly

ANEC III 2008

The 3rd Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC) will take place from 12th to 16th October, 2008 in Cairo, Egypt. (Click here for more details)

ANEC is a key strategic partner of the AGSNet. ANEC provides a platform for The Africa Graduates in Nutrition Network (AGSNet) in recognition of the key leadership roles that the network plays in both promoting and moving the Africa nutrition agenda forward.

AGSNet is happy to announce that an impressive number of members will be presenting at the ANEC III Conference. Some of our members will also chair some of the sessions of the conference

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THE UGANDA NUTRITION CONGRESS

February 19th-20th 2009

The Challenges, Successes and Opportunities to Improve Nutrition

Venue: Munyonyo Commonwealth Speke Resort Hotel Kampala, Uganda,Organizer: Uganda Action for Nutrition Society (UGAN), with support from Makerere University, NuLife, WHO, UNICEF, WFP, FANTA, GAIN, IFPRI, A2Z and Mukwano Industries

 

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www.ugan.org

 

Find out about other Nutrition Capacity Building activities on the Continent:

African Nutrition Leadership Programme

Regional Capacity Building groups

Information Technology for the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA)

Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS)

News from the Regions:

The session will be featuring news from around the regions. For now we need to know our Regional Representatives. They are:

Central Africa Region:

East Africa Region:

North Africa Region:

Morocco
AGSNet-Maroc is created

South Africa Region:

West Africa Region:

Nigeria
Group meets for Post-Conference Briefing
Students at Meeting of Nigeria Society of Nutrition
Motivation/Sensitization Meeting

Europe:

Other Reports

AGSNet's Contribution to MDGs - 31st SCN Report

Click here for a photo report of the Inaugural conference