Webinar: Emerging evidence – Milestones in infant microbiome development

During this Nutricia Early Life Nutrition webinar in South Africa, our local and international experts will share the latest thinking in key factors that influence the development of a healthy microbiome in infants.

Hosted by:

Programme Director:  Mr Sylven Masoga. Therapeutic Nutrition Lecturer University of Limpopo, South Africa

• 1^st speaker: Professor André Van Niekerk. Professor of Paediatrics and Pulmonology in private practice, part-time consultant at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Pretoria & Chairman of the Allergy Society of South Africa.
  • Topic: The assembly of a healthy human microbiome.

• 2^nd speaker: Sister Lynne Bluff. Nursing sister and midwife, internationally certified childbirth educator.
  • Topic: The wonders of Breastmilk:  a complex composition of biotics to positively shape the gut microbiota and immunity of infants.

• 3^rd speaker: Professor Jan Knol. Professor of Intestinal Microbiology of Early Life, Wageningen University and Senior Science Director of Gut Biology and Microbiology, Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands and DLab, Singapore.
  • Topic: The clinical perspective for specific synbiotics to restore an altered gut microbiota