Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted Awarded for Using Fish to Fight Malnutrition in Asia, Africa
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] May 4, 2016
Aquaculture Without Frontiers has named Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted as the woman of the month for May for her contribution towards creating food-based systems to overcome micronutrient deficiencies in low-income countries across Asia and Africa.
Shakuntala is currently Research Program Leader, Value Chains and Nutrition at WorldFish. Her work focuses on the potential of small nutrient-rich fish in combating and preventing vitamin and mineral deficiencies, in particular, vitamin A, iron, zinc and calcium. She has carried out work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, West Bengal and Nepal, together with government institutions, universities and NGOs. In Bangladesh, deficiencies of these nutrients are widespread effecting more than 20 million people, particularly women and young children....
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