The 6-year partnership project (2008-2014) involves TRANSNUT, WHO Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Developement, academic and research institutions from Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, Helen Keller International, an international NGO, and WHO as special collaborator. The purpose of the project is to strengthen capacity of partner countries to address the double burden of the coexistence of undernutrition and nutrition-related chronic diseases.The strategy includes: 1) Workforce training in nutrition with two new regional university programs in Benin, a Master's and an undetrgraduate professional program (licence), as well as continuous intensive courses on Nutrition Transition and Chronic Diseases, and Community Management of acute malnutrition; 2) Action research in communities (Benin) and schools (Benin and Burkina Faso), and other studies on the nutrition transition and the double burden of malnutrition; 3) Communication for the public with development of a food guide for Benin, and the development of advocacy tools for policy and programs focusing on diabetes.
Website: www.poleDFN.org
Publications:
Delisle H. Findings on dietary patterns in different groups of African origin undergoing nutrition transition. Applied Physiol Nutr Metab 2010; 35: 224-8.
Daboné C, Receveur O, Delisle H. Poor nutritional status of schoolchildren in urban and peri-urban areas of Ouagadougou. Nutrition Journal 2011; Apr 19;10:34.
Delisle H, Ntandou G, Agueh V, Sodjinou R, Fayomi B. Urbanisation, nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk: the Benin Study. Brit J Nutr 2011; 107: 1534-44 (doi:10.1017/S0007114511004661)
Sossa J, Delisle H, Agueh V, Makoutodé M, Fayomi B. Four-year trends in cardiometabolic risk factors according to baseline abdominal obesity status in West-African adults: The Benin Study. J Obesity 2012 doi: 10.1155/2012/740854
Zeba A, Delisle H, Renier G, Savadogo B, Banza B. The double burden of malnutrition and cardio-metabolic risk widens the gender and socioeconomic health gap: a study among adults in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Public Health Nutr 2012; 15: 2210-9
Zeba A, Delisle H, Rossier C, Renier G. Association of high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) with cardio-metabolic risk factors and micronutrient deficiencies in adults of Ouagadougou; Burkina Faso. Brit J Nutr (Accepted)
Delisle H, Agueh V, Fayomi B. Partnership research on nutrition transition and chronic diseases in West Africa – trends, outcomes and impacts. BMC International Health & Human Rights 2011; 11 (suppl 2): S10 http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinthealthhumrights/supplements/11/S2
Delisle H, Agueh V, Fayomi B. Recherche en partenariat sur la transition nutritionnelle et les maladies chroniques en Afrique de l’ouest – évolution, résultats et retombées. CRDI, 2011. Disponible à : http://www.crdi.ca/irsm10etudesdecas
Delisle H, Receveur O, Agueh V, Nishida C. Pilot-testing of the Nutrition-Friendly School Initiative in West Africa in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Cotonou (Benin). Global Health Promotion (in press)
Sossa C, Delisle H, Agueh V, Makoutodé M, Fayomi B. Insulin resistance status and four-year changes in other cardiometabolic risk factors in West-African adults: The Benin Study. (NMCD, in press)
Daboné C, Delisle H, Receveur O. Cardiometabolic risk factors and associated features in 5th grade school children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Int J Child Health Nut 2012 (In press)
Daboné C, Delisle H, Receveur O. Predisposing, facilitating and reinforcing factors of healthy and unhealthy food consumption in schoolchildren. A study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa). Global Health Promotion 2012 (in press)
Delisle H. Empowering our profession in Africa. World Nutrition 2012; 3: 269-84: http://www.wphna.org/2012_may_hp6_this_month.htm
The Master's program in Public Health Nutrition started at the Regional Institute of Public Health in 2009 and a first cohort of 10 graduates finished in 2011. A new cohort of 10 students started in October 2012. Regarding the 3-year undergraduate professional program in Nutrition and Dietetics, the 3-year program is offered at the Faculty of Health Studies School of Nutrition since 2010. A first cohort of 20 will get their degree (licence) in July 2013.
Number, sex, and position of graduates
Date | User | Log | State |
---|---|---|---|
Wed, 03/27/2013 - 16:13 | engesveenk | Edited by admin. | published |
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 09:45 | ginaContrib | Edited by admin. | draft |
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 09:45 | ginaContrib | Edited by bloessnerm. | published |
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 09:18 | bloessnerm | Edited by bloessnerm. | draft |
Tue, 11/27/2012 - 09:18 | bloessnerm | Edited by admin. | published |