2011 Awards Winners
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Professor Elizabeth Chinwe Okeke: Community Nutrition
In addition to her full-time role, she has also been appointed to serve externally at other institutions; as a resource person for organisations such as UNICEF, and is a member of various professional societies. |
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Dr Cherinet Abuye: Community Nutrition
He has conducted regional and national surveys investigating micronutrient deficiencies in Ethiopia, the outcomes of which include guidelines and publications which influenced the county’s policy formulation. For example, his publication in the BMC Public Health iodine deficiencies and goitre rate in Ethiopian women has contributed towards the legislation currently endorsed by the Ethiopian government. The Federal Ministry of Healthy and the Afar Regional government have jointly conferred to him, a National award in recognition of his remarkable contribution to salt iodization in Ethiopia. |
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Dr Telahun Teka Wolde: Paediatric Nutrition
As Assistant Professor at Gondar University, he pioneered the introduction of special dietary preparations for the treatment of severe malnutrition using cereals, oils, animal milk and electrolytes. In his current position as a professor at the university, he has continued to be innovative in the treatment of malnutrition as well as diarrheal disease in the face of limited resources. He is also one of the key figures in the process of national nutrition policy development; and offers his services as a teacher, trainer and facilitator for public health activities in Ethiopia. Dr Telahun’s contributions to paediatric nutrition in research, teaching and innovative approach in nutrition management in a resource-limited area are definitely noteworthy. |
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Dr Assane Sylla: Paediatric Nutrition
He conducted many studies in the area of nutrition and pediatric epidemiology including the link between the fight against malnutrition and child survival in pediatric hospitals and communities. The results of his study on the effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity and mortality of hospitalized malnourished children has impacted national protocols for management of acute malnutrition and key strategies for promoting child survival by the Ministry of Health. In addition to his work at the University, Dr Assane trains nationally in Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) and has co-authored documents and manuals on management of acute malnutrition, management of diarrhoea, and use of ORS and zinc in Senegal. |
She is Professor of Community and Public Health Nutrition at the Department of Home Science, Nutrition and Dietetics University of Nigeria where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has 33 years of service to her name, having started out as a teacher, training as a nutritionist and currently working as an educator and researcher. Her interests include the nutritional importance of traditional crops and it is in this field that she pioneered research on nutrient analysis of local foods. Her work has demonstrated that consumption of traditional foods can lead to improvements in public health, and was recently published by the Food and Agricultural Organisation as good practise.
He is a public health specialist who currently holds the position of Director at the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute: Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate. His work involves coordinating national nutrition programs, from planning, training to implementation.
He is Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has a long service in general paediatrics, gastroenterology and nutrition and his contribution to paediatric nutrition` research has been described as exemplary.
He is assistant professor in pediatrics at the University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar.
