This project is coordinated by IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
NUTRIPASS "Prevention of malnutrition and associated pathologies" department
UMR Nutripass
BP 64501
911, avenue Agropolis
34394 Montpellier Cedex
FRANCE
Jacques BERGER , Coordinator
Gentiane BLANCHARD , Manager
Tel : + 33 (0)4 67 41 63 67
Fax: + 33 (0)4 67 41 61 57
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The University of Copenhagen
With over 37,000 students and more than 7,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark.
The purpose of the University is to ’conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level’.
The Department of Human Nutrition, Research Group of Paediatric and International Nutrition has special expertise in performing population-based studies of healthy infants and children.
The group has special expertise in performing studies in developing countries for the purpose of establishing a scientific basis for development programmes that may contribute to alleviating malnutrition.
Main tasks in the project
The UCPH will be co-leader of WP2 (data and intervention mapping) and WP8 (dissimination). In addition, UCPH will contribute to WP3 (FCT, anti-nutrients), WP4 (sourcing of dietary intake and market survey data sets) and WP7 (integration of interventions in national policies).
"SMILING for Action", Final dissemination event, 3rd April, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
The final dissemination event will be organized Thursday 3rd of April 2014, at Sofitel Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. The five national roadmaps of priority interventions to prevent micronutrient deficiencies during the project will be presented to a large audience of stakeholders, policymakers, representatives of International organizations involved in nutrition policies implementation.
Publication on the project in "Food and Nutrition Bulletin"
The SMILING project was the topic of a publication in Food and Nutrition Bulletin , vol. 34, no. 2 (sup.), "The SMILING project: A North–South–South collaborative action to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in women and young children in Southeast Asia" Berger J. et al
SMILING outcomes at the Micronutrient Forum Conference
Two presentations at the Micronutrient Forum Global Conference (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2014) will be about specically SMILING. Many researchers from the project will present outcomes related to the project.
The SMILING project is financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (GA: 289616)