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
VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vereniging Voor Christelijk Hoger Onderwijs, Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek en Patientenzorg * – University Amsterdam (VU)
VU University Amsterdam is a leading research university that ranks among the best in Europe. Research at VU University Amsterdam covers a wide range of fields that often cut across disciplinary boundaries. The VU enjoys an excellent reputation due to successful PhD and research Master’s programmes, worldwide recruitment of staff and students, and active participation in international networks and consortia. The VU is highly esteemed, both nationally and internationally, on account of the excellent research facilities.
The Section Infectious Diseases (Institute of Health Sciences/Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU) conducts research and teach in the field of epidemiology and control of parasitic (helminth) diseases and nutrition.
Applied epidemiological and fundamental lab research in different disciplines complement each other.
Collaborative projects and field research take place, among others, in Senegal, Cuba, DR Congo and Peru.
Main tasks in the project
The VU will contribute to WP2 (data and intervention mapping), especially on the issues of long-term health effects of micronutrient deficiency and the double burden of malnutrition and WP5 (summarizing of data and recommendation from WP2 – WP4).
* Association of christian higher education scientific research and patient care
"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)