Africa Regional Office – Johannesburg, South Africa

The Africa Regional Office is comprised of food safety and quality experts and people who have worked in business, government and NGOs.

Project Highlights
The office supports national food fortification, infant and young child nutrition and universal salt iodization programs in Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Go to the photo essay.

It supports the implementation and monitoring of  on-going projects, for example: the development, marketing and distribution of a locally produced fortified infant cereal product for infants 6 to 24 months in Côte d’Ivoire promoted in conjunction with breastfeeding. Read the interview with Marie Konaté, CEO of Protein Kisèe-La.

Read more about GAIN’s activities in the region.

Event Highlights
The office also assists the GAIN Secretariat with convening events that bring together a wide range of stakeholders in the fight against malnutrition. In June 2009 it helped convene the first consultation of the South Africa Alliance against Malnutrition in Cape Town. The event, opened by South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, brings together the South African government, civil society, academic organizations and business partners to begin to address the full nutrition agenda in South Africa – from malnutrition to overnutrition. Key action areas include: fortification; coordinated public health messaging; infant and young child feeding; specialised programs targeting HIV/AIDS, school children and the most vulnerable; and capacity development. Following this successful event, GAIN is convening a follow-up meeting in Johannesburg in October 2009 to develop an action plan to achieve improved nutrition in South Africa. 

Contact
P.O. Box 1234 Midrand Halfway House 1685 South Africa
T: +27 11 256 3488 F: +27 11 256 3489