Judith Rudo Mutamba

Experience

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  Ministry of Health and Child Welfare. Zimbabwe

  Jan 1986 - Jan 2002

  Deputy Director Nutrition

  • Planned and supervised implementation of national community nutrition programs and institutional dietetics services in consultation with the Director. • Spearheaded the Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program. Zimbabwe pioneered the elimination of iodine deficiency within the sub-region. Achievements were mainly due to public-private partnerships, a functional monitoring system and involvement of key agencies such as UNICEF, WHO and the International Council on the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders of which I was the Sub-Regional Coordinator.• Catalyzed development of food fortification pilot projects such as Fortification of Staple Food at Hammer Mill Level, Commercial Maize Meal Fortification through collaborative work with non-governmental organizations such as Micronutrient Initiative, Care Zimbabwe, UNICEF, WHO and partnerships with companies such as Blue Ribbon Foods, National Foods, Makonde Industries and Roche. Developed various print, television and radio media strategies promoting food fortification. • Developed policy guidelines for the Child Supplementary Feeding Program as the Nutrition Specialist member of the Drought Management and Civil Protection Committee.• Coordinated Infant Feeding Program. Drew policy guidelines for the two main associations Zimbabwe Infant Nutrition Network and La Leche League Zimbabwe. Trained as a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiatives Assessor and assessed four major hospitals to qualify as trainer of trainers.• Co-ordinated the Staff Development Program. All staff attended individual specific courses with more than three quarters obtaining Master’s degrees mainly funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Show less

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  East, Central and Southern Africa Community Health Ministers' Community

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1994

  Maternal Child Health Course: Assistant Administrator/ Administrator

  Was Assistant / Administrator for the East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) Region six weeks Nutrition Training Program, I processed application forms for the participants and designed course modules and lectured on topics on Food, Nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding, Maternal Nutrition and Micronutrient Malnutrition.

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  3rd Africa Food and Nutrition Congress

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1988

  Co-organizer

  AS Deputy Director of Nutrition in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare worked with the Director of Nutrition and Team members in organizing the 3rd Africa Food and Nutrition Congress in Zimbabwe. It was attended by international, regional and participants.

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  ICCIDD

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2007

  Sub-regional Coordinator, East and Southern Africa

  Coordinated and gave technical support towards elimination of iodine deficiency (IDD) within East and Southern Africa Sub-Region. Organized Sub-Regional training programs and seminars/ workshops building capacity towards elimination of IDD. Coordinated with the International Council on the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders. (ICCIDD) to developed policy guidelines to assist program managers. Networked with various agencies building public private partnerships.

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  Micronutient Initiative

  Oct 2000 - Nov 2000

  Short Term Consultant

  Organised a Sub-regional Workshop on Fortification of staple foods at Hammer- mill (Community) level.

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  UNICEF

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Emergency Nutritionist

  Gave technical guidance in Nutrition and Vulnerability Assessments to the six Southern African countries Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe affected by drought and malnutrition worsened by HIV and AIDS. The reports enabled fund raising for the emergency.

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  Private Consultancy

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2015

  Consultant Nutritionist/Dietitian| 2002 to 2015

  • Provided diet counselling and nutrition guidance to individuals and groups on general and specific diets for diet related conditions such as malnutrition, diabetes, hypertension and people living with HIV and AIDS. • Wrote and published nutrition articles in Home and Styles Magazine promoting consumption of functional foods.

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  Ministry of Health and Child Care

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  Nutrition Consultant

  Coordinated the first National Food Consumption Survey for Zimbabwe. Drafted protocol, identified and trained enumerators. Supervised recipe standardization; field work, data collection; data cleaning, editing and entry.

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  University of Missouri

  Aug 2017 - Dec 2019

  Graduate Teaching Assistant: Nutrition, Exercise & Physiology
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  Catholic Charities of Central & Northern Missouri

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2023

  Director of Health & Nutrition Services