Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent ImpENSA at the ADSA Gauteng South Roadshow.Estelle Venter and Maria van der Merwe represent…

Jeannine Baumgartner (Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London & Extraordinary Associate Professor at CEN of NWU) & Estelle Strydom (SA  ImpENSA Project Manager & PhD student at CEN of NWU) shared their story of the development of the ImpENSA Training Programme for South African healthcare professionals.

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The ImpENSA consortium gathered to welcome guests to the launch of the ImpENSA Training Programme at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. The launch was the culmination of three years of collaboration and hard work by the partners from eight organisations in South Africa and Europe.

Marina Sanchez Garcia presented the ImpENSA Project at the XXVI International Conference on Practical Nutrition (Jornadas Internacionales de Nutrición Práctica) in Madrid on the 30th of March 2022. This conference offers an exchange forum for international discussions around nutrition research, clinical practice, and its impact on society.

Prof Havemann-Nel from North-West University and Kerry Sexton from Stellenbosch University /University of Cape Town showcased the ImpENSA project at the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education Virtual Fair.

ImpENSA hosted a symposium “Capacity building through innovative training to improve early life nutrition and health in South Africa: The ImpENSA Project” at ICD 2021 on 2 September.

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COVID-19 has impacted the ImpENSA project too. Estelle Strydom and Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen highlight how the project has adapted during these challenging times.

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In the latest issue, Dr Shweta Vandana Feher and Prof Ali Dhansay from ImpENSA discuss how the multicentre capacity building project aims to improve micronutrient nutrition in South Africa.

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Dr Wendy Lawrence from the University of Southampton introducing the “Healthy Conversation Skills” module of the ImpENSA Training Programme which was showcased at the Forum. The module will focus on skills development to facilitate behaviour change during the first thousand days of life.

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Prof Havemann-Nel from North-West University presenting on the training needs and challenges of South African healthcare professionals supporting early life nutrition.

Mrs Estelle Strydom  from North-West University represents ImpENSA with a poster presentation.

Feature on the ImpENSA collaboration and capacity building project. Click here to read the full article.