As part of community service and concern for its issues, and to highlight the role of food in improving public health, the auditorium of the College of Medical Technology at Nalut University hosted a scientific seminar titled "The Role of Food in Improving Public Health" on the morning of Sunday, January 29, 2023, in collaboration with the College of Medical Technology, the Libyan Association for Food and Nutrition, and the Disease Control Center, Nalut branch.
In the presence of the gentlemen: –
-University President Dr. Muhammad Masoud Qnan.
– Acting Dean of the College of Medical Technology, Professor Naji Saleh Wargh.
– Director of the Graduate Studies and Training Department at the university, Dr. Mohammed Omar Al-Qallal.
– Director of Libraries and Publishing, Mr. Ramadan Youssef Askar.
Several invitees from the municipal guard, the Center for Disease Control, the Libyan Association for Food and Nutrition, as well as a group of faculty members from the university and staff from the College of Medical Technology attended the seminar.
The general program of the seminar:
– The first lecture: on "Cancer" presented by Dr. Ghada Issa Barqik from the Disease Control Center, Nalut branch.
– The second lecture: titled "Natural Antioxidants in Food and Their Role in Curbing Cancer," presented by Dr. Nagy Alhadi Aburas from the College of Medical Technology – Nalut University
– Lecture Three: Titled: Reducing Loss and Waste to Achieve Food Security, presented by Professor Dr. Khaled Al-Bidi from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli.
– Lecture Four: Titled "Good Food Manufacturing Practices and Consumer Health," presented by Dr. Ibrahim Ghribi from the Faculty of Agriculture – University of Tripoli.
– The fifth lecture: titled “Poultry Meat Between Consumption and Precautions” presented by Dr. Omar Al-Murhaq from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Al-Shiqaq - University of Gharian.
– Lecture Six: The National Food Survey Project “presented by Dr. Abdul Razak Hukm from the Faculty of Agriculture - University of Tripoli. – Dr. Ibrahim Ghribi, Chairman of the Board of the Libyan Food and Nutrition Association, also provided an overview of the association.
(This seminar comes as part of the preparation for the Second International Conference on Food and Nutrition, which is scheduled to be held at Nalut University on October 16-17, 2023.)