Nutrition training in medical and other health professional schools in West Africa: the need to improve current approaches and enhance training effectiveness.

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Published in Glob Health Action on July 30, 2014

Authors

Roger Sodjinou1, William K Bosu2, Nadia Fanou3, Lucie Déart3, Roland Kupka3, Félicité Tchibindat4, Shawn Baker5

Author Affiliations

1: UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal; West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; rsodjinou@unicef.org; rsodjinou@gmail.com.
2: West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
3: UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, Dakar, Senegal.
4: UNICEF Cameroon Country Office, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
5: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.

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