INF/Unilever Fellowships

The INF/Unilever Fellowships provide developing country nationals with short-term support, enabling them to participate in international meetings, conferences, and workshops in the areas of nutrition and health. 

Conferences attended by INF/Unilever Fellows include:

2005:

  • The 4th Eastern, Central and South African Foods Course on the Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition, Pretoria, South Africa
  • The 12th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
  • The 6th International Food Data Conference: Food Composition Data and the Nutrition Dilemma, Pretoria, South Africa
  • The 18th International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), Durban, South Africa
  • The 2nd Congress on Information Technology in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa (ITANA), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
  • The 7th International Graduate Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition, Wageningen, the Netherlands

2006:

  • The 6th International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • The 106th General Meeting of The American Society of Microbiology, Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conferences, Accra, Ghana
  • 1st World Congress on Public Health Nutrition, Barcelona, Spain
  • 13th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Nantes, France

2007:

  • Programme de Formation des Leaders Africans en Nutrition (PLAN and Federation of African Nutrition Societies (FANUS) Congress), Ouarzazate, Morocco
  • The Micronutrient Forum, Istanbul, Turkey

2008:

  • African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), North West Province, South Africa
  • The 3rd Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC), Cairo, Egypt

“As a result of this programme, my capacity on the methodology of conceiving a research project, research funding and the realization of research project has been improved and strengthened….

“The national food fortification programme in Morocco presented by Professor Hassan Aguenaou inspired me to undertake a similar programme in Cameroon.”

Patrice Dijele Ngameni
Institute of Medical Research and Study of Medicinal Plants, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Received an INF/Unilever Fellowship to attend the Programme de Formation des Leaders Africans en Nutrition (African Nutrition Leadership Programme), held in Ouarzazate, Morocco (May 1-7, 2007)

2009:

  • African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), North West Province, South Africa
  • West and Central African Post Graduate Course in Food Composition and Biodiversity, Benin
  • 1st Australia/OCEANIAFOODS Training Course, Australia