Dr. Reginald A. Annan

Name:              Dr Reginald Annan 
Tel.:                 +233 (0) 201 231 7169
Email:              reggie@imtf.org or                                                 
                       regyies@yahoo.com                                                                                 raannan.cos@knust.edu.gh

Education

Oct. 2005- Jun. 2009       University of Southampton, UK:
                                      Doctor of Philosophy: Human Nutrition
                                      with focus on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

PhD research: The impact of different dietary patterns on nutritional status and metabolic integrity in asymptomatic people living with HIV infection in South Africa

 Oct. 2003 to 2004            University of Southampton, UK:                                                                MSc Public Health Nutrition

 Jan. 1997 to Sep. 2001   University for Development Studies, Ghana:                                              BSc Community Nutrition                                                                          (1st Class Honours)

 Current Duties

 January 2012 till date: Lecturer/Public Health Nutritionists
                                   College of Science,
                                   KNUST
                                   Kumasi, Ghana

 Roles and responsibilities

1. Among many responsibilities:
   • I was/am PI for several research activities, including:
     • Nutrition and Cognition among school-aged children
     • Nutrition and Physical Fitness in school-aged children
2. Coordinator of Certificate course in human nutrition and dietetics. This capacity building initiative is run every year and brings together about 50 health professionals for 2-weeks training in nutrition and dietetics.

Ongoing research and research interest

1. Building capacity for management of childhood severe malnutrition - the Malnutrition e-Learning Project
2. Prevention of diet-related non communicable diseases through addressing unhealthy food systems and food environment, and other nutrition interventions
3. Interventions to promote maternal and young child nutrition/health - the Koko plus study
4. Physical fitness, nutrition and cognition among school-aged children

 Selected Consultancies:

1. May to July 2016: Consultant for the Nutrition Component of State of Food Insecurity 2016 for the Food and Agricultural Organisation
2. November 2014 to February 2015: Consultant/Technical Expertise for the harmonisation of national guidelines for the integrated management of acute malnutrition and underweight in Botswana.

 Publications :

 Selected technical documents/reports

1. Annan RA, Choi S, Jackson AA. Caring for infants and young child with severe acute malnutrition. eLearning course. Obtainable at www.som.soton.ac.uk/learn/test/nutrition
2. Guidelines for integrated management of acute malnutrition and underweight in children and adolescents, Botswana. December 2014
3. Guidelines for integrated management of acute malnutrition and underweight in children and adolescents, Botswana. Pocket Guide. December 2014
4. Update on Training Course on the Management of Severe Malnutrition, Botswana. December 2014
5. Integrated management of acute malnutrition and underweight, Botswana. Training Manual. December 2014.
6. Reginald A. Annan. Nutrition in HIV, TB and Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala Azar): Part Three: Review of Effectiveness of Nutrition Intervention. Review commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). November 2014.
7. Reginald A. Annan. Nutrition in HIV, TB and Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala Azar): Part Two: Review of Nutritional Assessment in People Living with HIV, TB and Visceral leishmaniasis. Review commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) November 2014.
8. Reginald A. Annan Nutrition in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Tuberculosis and Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala Azar) A Systematic Review: Malnutrition Prevalence and risk factors for mortality and disease severity in HIV, TB, KA and HIV TB co-infection.
9. Reginald A. Annan, Patrick Webb and Rebecca Brown. Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM): Current Knowledge and Practice. CMAM Forum Technical Brief, September, 2014. Available at http://www.cmamforum.org/Pool/Resources/MAM-management-CMAM-Forum-Technical-Brief-Sept-2014.pdf.

Selected peered reviewed journal articles

1. Divine Eli-Cophie, Jacob K. Agbenorhevi and Reginald A. Annan (2017) Glycemic index of some local staples in Ghana (pages 131–138). Volume 5, Issue 1 Pages 1–17
2. Michael Wiafe Akenteng, Reginald Adjetey Annan, Herman Erick Lutterodt, Victoria Pearl Dzogbefia and Charles Apprey (2017) Developing and Testing the Acceptability of Therapeutic Food for the Management of Severely Malnourished Children Journal of Food Science and Engineering 7 (2017) 99-106 doi: 10.17265/2159-5828/2017.02.005
3. Jessica Ayensu and Reginald Annan (2016) Impact of maternal weight on pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review, Nutrition and Food Science 46(4):529-541
4. Prince Chikwere, Reginald Adjetey Annan (2016) "Dietary habit and other lifestyles and serum lipid profile of type 2 diabetes patients: A systematic review", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 46 Iss: 2, pp.161 – 170
5. Basma E, Annan RA, Sarkar S, Amuna P, Jackson A.A. Building systemic capacity for nutrition: training towards a professionalised workforce for Africa. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2015: 74 (04): 496-504
6. Annan RA, Jackson AA, Margetts BM and Vorster H Dietary patterns and nutrient intakes of South African population and asymptomatic People Living with HIV/AIDS: The Transition of Health and Urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study. AJFAND (2015): Vol 15 (2).
7. Charles Apprey, Christopher Larbie, Reginald A. Annan, Fareed K. N. Arthur, Samira Abdulai-Saiko, Doris Berkoh and Alex Osei Akoto. Effects of chemotherapy and disease burden on the nutritional status of children undergoing treatment for Burkitts lymphoma. Der Pharmacia Lettre, 2015: 7(2):95-99.
8. Charles Apprey, Reginald A. Annan, Fareed K. N. Arthur, Samuel K. Boateng and Janet Animah. The assessment and prediction of malnutrition in children suffering from cancer in Ghana. European Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014, 4(4):31-37..
9. Thow A.M., Annan R.A., Mensah L., Chowdhury S.N. (2014) Development, implementation, and outcome of standards to restrict fatty meat in the food supply and prevent NCDs: learning from an innovative trade/food policy in Ghana. BMC Public Health 14:249.

10. Aaron O. Amankwaa and Reginald A. Annan, 2014. Dietary Patterns and Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among University Students in Ghana. Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 6: 18-28.
11. Turyashemererwa FM, Kikafunda J, Annan R, Tumuhimbise GA (2013). Dietary patterns, anthropometric status, prevalence and risk factors for anaemia among school children aged 5-11 years in Central Uganda. J Hum Nutr Diet. 26 Suppl 1:73-81.
12. Claire Schofield, Ann Ashworth, Reginald Annan, Alan A Jackson. Malnutrition treatment to become a core competency. Arch Dis Child doi:10.1136/adc.2010.209015.
13. Reginald A Annan. Vitamin A supplementation and disease progression in HIV infected adults. Biological, behavioural and contextual rationale. WHO eLibrary of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (Elena). April 2011.
14. Annan R.A and Turyashemererwa F.M. Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in HIV infected children. Biological, behavioural and contextual rationale. WHO eLibrary of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA). April 2011.

 Commentaries

1. Annan R [Column]. Zero tolerance for death in childbirth, and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, February 2012. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
2. Annan R [Column]. From science to policy and action. Website of the World Public Health
3. Annan R [Column]. Accelerating nutrition action in Africa, and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, September 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
4. Annan R. ANLP 2011. Our testimonies. [Column]. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition  Association, May 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
5. Annan R [Column]. Good nutrition protects against AIDS, and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, July 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
6. Annan R. ANLP 2011. Our testimonies. [Column]. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, May 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
7. Annan R. African. Food taboos, and other items. [Column]. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, April 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
8. Annan R [Column] The loss of diversity in food, new food composition database for traditional West African foods and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, March 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
9. Annan R [Column] Experiences; treating malnutrition in Uganda, building capacity for grant writing, and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, January 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
10. Annan R [Column] It all begins with children, and other items. Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, January 2011. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.
11. Annan R. The Nairobi Resolution, and other items [Column] Website of the World Public Health Nutrition Association, December 2010. Obtainable at www.wphna.org.