Nutrition for Developing Countries
Third Edition
Edited by Felicity Savage King, Ann Burgess, Victoria J. Quinn, and Akoto K. Osei
Author Information
Felicity Savage King, Senior Lecturer, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK,Ann Burgess, Freelance Nutrition Consultant, Edinburgh, UK,Victoria J. Quinn, Senior Vice President-Programs and Vice President-Nutrition, Helen Keller International, Washington, USA,Akoto K. Osei, Regional Nutrition Adviser, Helen Keller International, Asia Pacific Regional Office, Cambodia
Felicity Savage King graduated in medicine from the University of Oxford in 1964, specialising in child health. From 1966-1972 she was Medical Officer and Researcher in Child Health in Lusaka, Zambia, then from 1972-1977 worked in Surabaya, Indonesia, before going to work in Nyeri, Kenya from 1979-1984. Felicity was a part-time Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Child Health, London from 1978 - 2011 and is Founding Director of the Masters level course "Breastfeeding practice and Policy" at the Institute of Child Health from 1991. During 1993-2001 she was a Medical Officer, Department of Child Health for the World Health Organization responsible for breastfeeding training and policy development and contributing to development of WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Felicity has been a member of Steering Committee of World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action from 2002, and Chairperson of WABA since 2005.
Ann Burgess graduated in nutrition from the University of London in 1957, and then worked in the Medical Research Unit in Uganda, and with Makerere University, and later with Ministries of Health in Tanzania and Malawi 1958-1971. Ann completed her Masters in Public Health from University of the Philippines in 1975 and was a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in nutrition at Institute of Public Health at the University of Philippines from 1975-78. From 1978-1985 Ann was part-time consultant for FAO, WFP, UNESCO, UNICEF and University of Nairobi in Rome, East Africa, Gambia, and Nigeria. Since 1985 Ann has been a short-term consult for FAO, WHO, UNICEF and various universities and NGOs (including TALC) in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana (lecturing, developing materials) and is editorial advisor South Sudan Medical Journal.
Victoria Quinn graduated with a BSc in Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics from University California, Berkeley in 1979 and gained her Masters of Science (honours) in International Nutrition from Cornell University in 1982. Victoria gained her PhD in Nutrition from Wageningen University, The Netherlands in 2005. She worked as Cornell University's Regional Coordinator of Joint Nutritional Surveillance Program with UNICEF in eastern and southern Africa from 1982-1991. From 1994-1998 she was a freelance consultant in nutrition for the World Bank and variety of non-governmental organizations in Africa. Victoria has been the Senior Vice President of Programs at Helen Keller International since 2006 and was appointed Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at Tufts University in 2007. She was awarded the Chevalier l'Ordre National Malgache by Government of Madagascar in 2004 and currently part of the Steering Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network.
Akoto Osei graduated with a BSc in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Ghana in 2000 then went on to complete a masters in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition (2004), and PhD in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from Tufts University in 2009. Akoto is currently a nutrition specialist for the African Union Commission and was Asia Pacific Regional Nutrition Adviser for Helen Keller International from 2009-2014. Akoto has also been a consultant for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Sudan in 2008 and for the Micronutrient Initiative and World Food Program in India from 2007-2008. Akoto has published several articles, book chapters, and presented papers at various nutrition conferences.
Contributors:
Shawn K. Baker
Helen Keller International
Africa Regional Office
Dakar, Senegal and
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA, USA
Jessica Blankenship
Helen Keller International
Africa Sub-Regional Office
Nairobi, Kenya
Ann Burgess
Nutrition Consultant
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nicki Connell
Save the Children US
London, UK
Hélène Delisle
Department of Nutrition,
Faculty of Medicine
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Elhadji I. Diop
Helen Keller International
Africa Regional Office
Dakar, Senegal
Charity Dirorimwe
Nutrition Consultant
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tendekayi H. Gadaga
Department of Environmental Health Science
University of Swaziland
Mbabane, Swaziland
Frederick Grant
Helen Keller International
Africa Regional Office
Dakar, Senegal
Andrew Hall
Save the Children
London, UK
Nancy J. Haselow
Helen Keller International
Asia Pacific Regional Office
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Shilpa Joshi
Mumbai Diet and Health Centre
Bandra, Mumbai, India.
Elizabeth Kamau-Mbuthia
Department of Human Nutrition
Egerton University
Egerton, Kenya
Judith Kimiywe
School of Applied Human Sciences
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya
Joyce Kinabo
Department of Food Science and Technology
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
Zohra Lukmanji
Public Health Nutrition/Dietetic Consultant
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Martin Nankap
Helen Keller International
Yaoundé, Cameroun
Jennifer N. Nielsen
Helen Keller International
New York, NY, USA
Daisy R. Nyaga
Nutrition Consultant
Nairobi, Kenya
Akoto K. Osei
Helen Keller International
Asia Pacific Regional Office,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Helena Pachón
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA
Pooja Pandey Rana
Helen Keller International
Kathmandu, Nepal
Victoria J. Quinn
Helen Keller International
Washington, DC, USA
Andrew Seal
Nutrition in Crisis Research Group
Institute for Global Health
University College
London, UK
Mawuli Sablah
Helen Keller International
Africa Regional Office
Dakar, Senegal
Felicity Savage King
Child Health Consultant
Leeds, UK
Louise Sserunjogi
Nutrition Consultant
Kampala, Uganda
Aminuzzaman Talukder
Helen Keller International
Toronto, Canada
Manisha Tharaney
Helen Keller International
Washington DC, USA
Andrew Tomkins
Institute for Global Health
University College
London, UK
Jillian L. Waid
Helen Keller International
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chittaranjan Yajnik
Diabetes Unit
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Research Centre
Pune, India