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Nutrition Capacity Building to Meet National Priorities: Lessons Learned in Developing and Implementing Malawi's First Dietetics Program

Sanele Nkomani, Lynne M. Ausman, Elizabeth Marino-Costello, Bernadette Chimera, Alexander Kalimbira, Agnes Mwangwela, Molly Uebele-Harrigan, John Phuka and Shibani Ghosh
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):928-935; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00687
Sanele Nkomani
aTufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
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Lynne M. Ausman
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Elizabeth Marino-Costello
aTufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
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Bernadette Chimera
aTufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
bKamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
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Alexander Kalimbira
cLilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Agnes Mwangwela
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Molly Uebele-Harrigan
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John Phuka
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vol. 9 no. 4 928-935
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00687
PubMed 
34933987

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Global Health: Science and Practice
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2169-575X
History 
  • Received: October 29, 2020
  • Accepted: November 9, 2021
  • Published online December 21, 2021.

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© Nkomani et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00687

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  1. Sanele Nkomania⇑,
  2. Lynne M. Ausmana,
  3. Elizabeth Marino-Costelloa,
  4. Bernadette Chimeraa,b,
  5. Alexander Kalimbirac,
  6. Agnes Mwangwelac,
  7. Molly Uebele-Harrigana,
  8. John Phukab,
  9. Shibani Ghosha
  1. aTufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
  2. bKamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi.
  3. cLilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lilongwe, Malawi.
  1. Correspondence to Sanele Nkomani (Sanele.Nkomani{at}tufts.edu).
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    • HEALTH AND NUTRITION SITUATION IN MALAWI
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    • THE FIRST MALAWIAN DIETETICS PROGRAM
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