1st Nutricia scientific e-congress

Nutricia organizes, for the first time in Africa, an outstanding digital experience allowing healthcare professionals to come together and share knowledge and innovation on early life nutrition. It is part of Nutricia’s mission to help grow healthier African generations.

With an outstanding program ADDRESSING 3 KEY TOPICS FROM 14 expert speakers:

• IMMUNITY & BREASTMILK: more than ever at the heart of healthcare professionals concerns as well as parents
• BIOTICS POWER: an emerging field of research at the service of young children’s immune system
• ALLERGY: a focus on good practices related to the ever-growing problem of cow’s milk allergy

Click on the videos to watch the conferences:

• Welcome video:
  Hosted by Hassan ABOU-NAYEF, General Manager at Danone Early Life Nutrition Africa (France)
  Fanny KRUMHOLZ, Head of Healthcare Nutrition Science at Danone Early Life Nutrition Africa (France).

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• Infant health in the context of Africa in 2021 experts’ testimonials:
  Hosted by Pr. Fadila BENHASSINE Professor of Pediatrics, Bologhine Ibn-Ziri hospital in Alger (Algeria)
  Pr. Rachida CHAMI Professor of Pediatrics Private pediatrician in Casablanca (Morroco)
  Pr. Mohamed DOUAGI Professor of Neonatology Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (Tunisia)
  Pr Mustapha EL HODHOD Professor of pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology and endoscopy Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University in Cairo (Egypt)
  Pr. Ezeaka CHYNIERE Professor of Paediatrics, Neonatology-Perinatology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (Nigeria)
  Pr. Hailu TADELE Assistant professor of pediatric and child health, Pediatric hematologist and oncologist, Addis Ababa hospital (Ethiopia).

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• The crucial role of the gut microbiota – shaping the immune system development:
  Hosted by Pr. Nadine CERF-BENSUSSAN, Research director at Inserm and Head of the Intestinal Immunity laboratory at the Imagine Institute, University Paris Descartes (France).

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• The magic of Human Milk:
  Hosted by Dr. Bernd STAHL, Science Director Human Milk Research & Analytical Science at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht (The Netherlands).

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• The exciting potential of biotics to positively support the immune system through the gut in healthy infants:
  Hosted by Dr. Alma NAUTA, Global Research and Innovation Director Early Life Nutrition at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht (The Netherlands).

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• Postbiotics, a new era?
  Hosted by Pr. Gabriel VINDEROLA, Researcher, Associate professor; Dairy Products Institute (UNL-CONICET) Faculty of Chemical Engineering National University of Litoral Santa Fe (Argentina).

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• What clinical perspectives for a specific synbiotic in the treatment of dysbiosis for C section born babies?
  Hosted by Pr. Jan KNOL, Special Professor of Intestinal Microbiology of Early Life Laboratory of Microbiology at the Wageningen University. Director of the Gut Biology and Microbiology Platform at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht​ (The Netherlands).

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• Cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) in infants – from recommendations to clinical practice:
  Hosted by Dr. Etienne BIDAT, Pediatrician, allergologist, Paris (France).

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• Dietary management of Cow’s Milk Allergy in infants:
  Hosted by Dr. Anneke RIJNIERSE, Program Leader Allergy Prevention at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht (The Netherlands).

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