Country	Nigeria
Head of Dept or Unit	Dr BB Shehu
Type of Organisation	University or Academic
Source of Funding(Public/Private/Both)	Public
Respondant	Dr BB Shehu

Activities and Research
Types of Activities Undertaken	Types of Research Undertaken
Research	Laboratory
Training	Clinical
Health Promotion	Public Health

Addresses	top
Physical	Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto,
Postal	Sokoto,
Telephone	+234 (6)0 231800
Fax	+234 (6)0 231514
email	imuuta@hotmail.com

Researchers

Dr Muuta Ibrahim

Primary Research Interests	top
Micronutrients status in children.
Anaemia.
Impact of economic difficulties of the nutrient on child nutrition.
Implications for development.
Interaction of poverty and nutrition.
Micronutrients and breastfeeding.
Keywords	top
Health and Disease - Anaemia, Health and Disease - Child development, Nutrition - Micronutrient deficiencies, Nutrition - Feeding practices

Applied Research

Research findings and recommendations on preventing anaemia in primary schoolchildren presented to state and local government.