Prof. Hanta Marie Danielle VOLOLONTIANA
Currently National Coordinator of the National Office of Nutrition in Madagascar. A specialist trained in Internal Medicine, she is also a Teacher-Researcher at the University of Antananarivo. She was elected as the first woman to hold the post of Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Antananarivo in 2019. Among her areas of research during her initial training is stunting.
She was spokesperson for the COVID 19 Operational Command Center in Madagascar in 2020, before becoming the National Coordinator of the National Office of Nutrition.
02 Sept Thursday
SESSION 4 : PROMISING INITIATIVES TO BE PROMOTED ON FOOD FORTIFICATION : lessons learned, results and impacts
- Food fortification in Africa, constraints, opportunities and prospects Mr. Andreas Bluethner, Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- PROFORT initiative: Local production of fortified supplement foods,Mr. Claude Dijibar, Representative and Country Director, WFP Chad
- Bio-Fortification of staple crops : a review of progress and opportunities in Africa, Mr. Dellings Phiri, Malawi Country Manager, HarvestPlus
- Experience of women entrepreneur on producing complementary food, Ms Simone Zoundi, Executif Officer, SODEPAL, Burkina Faso
- Community production strategy and distribution of infant flour,Prof. Hanta Marie Danielle Vololontiana, National Coordinator for the National Office of Nutrition, Madagascar
- Moderator: Katrien Ghoss, WFP Regional Nutrition Advisor in West Africa
Plenary discussions