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Volume 5, 2010 - Issue sup1: Strengthening Nutrition Research and Training in West Africa
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Strengthening public health nutrition research and training capacities in West Africa: Report of a planning workshop convened in Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 March 2009

Kenneth H. Brown Programme in International and Community Nutrition, and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Helen Keller International, Africa Regional Office, Dakar-Yoff, SenegalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Milla McLachlan Full Circle Connect, PO Box 2276, Knysna, South Africa
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Placido Cardosa West African Health Organisation, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
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Félicité Tchibindat UNICEF West and Central African Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal
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Shawn K. Baker Helen Keller International, Africa Regional Office, Dakar-Yoff, Senegal
Pages S1-S19 | Received 22 Jan 2010, Published online: 25 Nov 2010

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