Professor
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines
Dr. Leila S. Africa is a Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian, a Professor, and former Director of the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, College of Human Ecology, University of the Philippines Los Baños. She completed her Doctor of Nutrition at the Southeast Asian Ministry of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Center on Food and Nutrition (RECFON) and Study Program on Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, in 2015.
She has been teaching related courses on public health nutrition since 2002. Her past research works and journal publications were in line with food and nutrition security; establishing food composition database; growth monitoring and promotion; validation of research instruments; nutrition program management; monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programs; training manual development; infant and young child feeding; multi-level analysis; cost analysis; and impact evaluation. She also served as program leader, project leader, study leader, or assistant study leader on these projects. She also served as an organizer, team leader, or resource person in numerous training workshops, particularly those related to nutrition program management and other Training.