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Mduduzi Mbuya

Membership Status:
Full Member

Home Country:
Zimbabwe

Institution:
Cornell University

Current Address:
Program in International Nutrition
214 Savage Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6301

Phone:
(607) 256-0395 (H)

Fax:
(607) 255-1033

E-mail:
mnm9@cornell.edu

Education
·MS/Ph.D. Student (International Nutrition) Cornell University

· 3rd ECSAFOODS (East, Central and Southern Africa Food Data Systems) Course on the production and use of food composition data in nutrition; University of Pretoria (in collaboration with University of Wageningen), South Africa, June 1999

·BSc Nutrition: University of Zimbabwe, June 1999

Research Interests
·Food insecurity and households’ coping mechanisms

· Nutrition programming, monitoring and evaluation

·The use of quantitative and qualitative methods for nutrition research, program design, and evaluation
 
 
Professional Experience
·Nutritionist, Save the Children (UK), Zimbabwe, 2001 - 2003: Conducting nutrition surveys, involvement in national nutrition coordinating groups (member of 2003 National Nutrition Survey Technical Task Force, and Nutrition Surveillance Task Force), nutrition capacity development of partner organizations; conducting food security assessments using Household Economy Analysis (HEA) methodology.

·Community Health Officer, CARE International, Zimbabwe, 2000 - 2001: Design of project cycle and monitoring and evaluation system of a community based Growth Monitoring and Promotion program; Training of Ministry of Health staff and community based workers.

·Intern, Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe, 1996, 1997 and 1998: Orientation to nutrition planning and program implementation within the Primary Health Care system, monitoring of supplementary feeding and complementary foods initiatives.

·13-15 April 2000 Dakar, Senegal - attended and presented a country progress report at the AFROFOODS Sub-regional Data Centre Coordinator's Meeting.

 

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