The full-day symposium on the theme of “An agenda for sustainable nutrition in Zimbabwe” would raise awareness and advocate for improved programmes to achieve nutrition security.
The meeting is being organised in collaboration with the Health ministry, the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe, the Dietetic Association of Zimbabwe and the Nurses’ Council of Zimbabwe.
Nestlé Zimbabwe country manager Kumbirayi Katsande said the objective of the conference was to share the latest developments in the field of nutrition.
“This is the beginning of a series of scientific programmes lined up for the years to come in Zimbabwe and the NNIA will continue to act as a catalyst in this endeavour,” he said.
“This symposium will provide the much-needed information, guidance and support to healthcare professionals in order to bridge the latest scientific developments and their application to achieving optimal nutrition and patient care, ” the Paediatric Association chairperson Tichinani Mavetera said.
Shane Anthony Norris, head of Developmental Pathways for Health at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, would present a paper on the “early origins of health”.
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“The institute fosters ‘Science for Better Nutrition’ because we are convinced that innovative, science-based nutrition can help enhance the quality of people’s lives all over Africa,” said Norman Nyazema, pharmacologist and senior lecturer at the University of the North in Limpopo prov¬ince in South Africa.
Last month, Nestlé Zimbabwe launched a new product for breastfeeding and pregnant mothers called Nestlé MOM.
The NNIA is a virtual institute and its vision is to build a future in which people throughout the African continent would have longer and healthier lives.
It is an independent, non-profit making organisation and non-commercial arm of Nestlé Nutrition.
