Dietetics

Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation to Improve Immunity and Treatment Outcomes in Disease Management Including COVID-19

Written by Sarah Cherere Obara 

In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases. Supplementation is the use of pills or special types of food in order to improve your health.

Practicum - At Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital

 In the thiird year of study the FND students go for Supervised experience in health facilities (equivalent of level 4 and above calibre) employing dieticians at which each student are  placed for eight weeks to practice hospital based patients’ diets, diet and food therapy in disease treatment including nutrition pharmacology  and acquire skills in management of  hospital/patients’ and therapeutic diets. 

MSc. Applied Human Nutrition class of 2018

The Msc. Applied Human Nutrition Students invited  their lecturers for a party celebrating completion  of their 2 year  course work, this class  has the highest number of International students in the History of ANP. The lecturers who attended were Prof. Wambui Kogi-Makau, Dr. Sophia Ngala, Dr. Angela Andago and Dr. Dasel Kaindi