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Haiti - Education : Launching of the Summer University in Community Nutrition 29/05/2012 12:02:52 The intensive training of two weeks [May 28 to June 8] is intended not only to the student body and teaching staff of the State University of Haiti, of the Quisqueya University, of the University of Notre Dame d'Haiti and the University Episcopale, but also to the professionals from the Ministry of Public Health and Population and Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Rural Development. Workers of NGOs working in the field of nutrition have also been invited to take part in this Summer University. This Summer University, was designed to reinforce the acquisition of knowledge in nutritional science and support the education provided in Haitian universities. One hundred university students in end-of-medicine and agronomy, will attend the first summer university in community nutrition and agriculture of public health. Ms. Michaëlle Jean declared "...this is a very important partnership which will be live on long term to train students, actors on the issue of nutrition, working within the Haitian non-governmental organizations, to build capacity also of the Haitian ministries like the Ministry of Public Health and Population, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, so than transversely, we can really come up with a national strategy on the issue of malnutrition [...] We have in Haiti a wealth at the level of products with high content of vitamins, of natural products, it is important that we can provide the means to the rural communities so that they produce these foods, which are essential to the good public health in this country [...]" See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5742-haiti-education-michaelle-jean-will-launch-a-summer-university.html TB/ HaitiLibre
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