Ms. Katrien Ghoos
Katrien Ghoos is WFP’s Senior Regional Nutrition Advisor for West and Central Africa since September 2019. She worked with WFP and UNICEF in Africa and Asia mainly on nutrition but was also involved in several large-scale emergencies. As Senior Regional Nutrition Advisor in Asia (2012- 2017), she played a decisive role in scaling up of rice-fortification. In Pakistan, as Deputy Country Director (2017 – 2019), she strategically positioned WFP as a technical partner to the government for nutrition and social protection. Currently, she provides guidance to 19 WFP Country Offices and leads WFP’s work in the region on local food systems strengthening to improve affordability of nutritious diets, particularly for women and children in fragile settings.
Katrien is Belgian and holds a master’s degree in Agricultural and Chemical Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium (KUL) and a master’s degree in Nutrition in Developing Countries from the University of Montpellier 2.
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