Current research projects (May 2008)

Title

Principal
investigators

Country

Efficacy of instant noodle fortified with iron, vitamin A and iodine on micronutrient status and cognitive performance of Vietnamese school children

Cao Thi Thu Huong

Vietnam

Micronutrient supplementation in
pregnant women

Patrick Kaboré

Burkina Faso

Metabolic syndrome in adolescents

Ana Bayá

Bolivia

School gardens and vitamin A

Mieke Faber

South Africa

Mycotoxins in food and child growth

Martin Kimanya

Tanzania

Street foods and nutrition of school
children

Eunice Nago

Benin

Enriching complementary foods with dessicated beef liver to combat micronutrient deficiencies in Mongolia children

J. Batjargal and Ts. Enkhjargal

Mongolia

Vitamin D in low birth-weight

Geeta Trilok Kumar

India

Management of child nutrition in
primary health care

Laetitia Nikiema

Burkina Faso