The workshop, co-organized by WFP China Centre of Excellence and WFP Brazil Center of Excellence against Hunger, with support from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, focused on nutrition and school feeding. It featured opening remarks by WFP representatives from China, Brazil, and the WFP Regional Centre, followed by two thematic sessions. The first session highlighted experiences from China, Brazil, and Zambia on leveraging school feeding to improve nutrition, while the second session showcased WFP's Preschool Children Nutrition Improvement Project in Hunan province, China, and introduced innovative practices such as digital nutrition tools. The workshop concluded with a discussion and closing remarks that underscored the importance of strengthening South-South cooperation in the field of nutrition.
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Zhang Qian
Deputy Director
Deputy Director of National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. Prof. Zhang is also the Vice chairman of the National Steering Committee for health education and teaching in primary and secondary schools, and a member of national school food safety and nutrition health working expert group.
Garigham Amarante Pinto
Director
Director of Educational Actions at Brazil’s National Fund for Educational Development with large experience in Education. Mr. Pinto graduated in Law from Centro Universitario de Brasília (1996) and specialized in Parliamentary Advisory at the University of Brasília (2005).
Malalu Mulundika
Director
Director of School Health and Nutrition of Ministry of General Education of Republic of Zambia.
Yi Zungang
Director
Zhao Chen
Executive Director
Executive Director of China Center for the Economics of Human Development, China Development Research Foundation, People's Republic of China.
Ivory Hackett-Evans
Expert
Head of Food Value Chain Unit, WFP Armenia Country Office. She is an expert in sustainable economic development programming.
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