INCAP

INCAP Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama

@incap_int

Guatemala, Guatemala
http://www.incap.int
Non-profit Organizations

Overview

About INCAP Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama

INCAP is specialized in food and nutrition, Institution of the Central American Integration System.
Founded on September 14, 1949, based in Guatemala City and offices in each of its Member States: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic.

Health Ministers of the eight States and the Director of the Pan American Health Organizaton are the INCAP Directing Council, which is the highest organ of the Institute. INCAP establish institutional policy guidelines and technical guidance and administrative provisions of the Institution.

INCAP has as mission to support the efforts of Member States, providing technical cooperation to achieve and maintain Food and Nutrition Security of their populations, through its basic functions of research, information and communication, technical assistance, training and mobilization of human resources, and mobilization of financial and non financial resources as a support to its mission.

Its vision within the framework of the Central American Integration is to be a leading, self-sustainable and permanent institution in the field of food and nutrition in Central America and beyond its borders.

Headquarters

Guatemala, Guatemala

Website

http://www.incap.int

Company Size

51-200 employees

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Company Type

Nonprofit

Founded

1949

Specialties

Nutrición, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN), Salud, Desnutrición Proteico Energética, Enfermedades Crónicas relacionadas con la nutrición, Micronutrientes, Formación y Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos en SAN, Vigilancia, Monitoreo y Evaluación, Salud Materno Infantil, and Estilos de vida saludables

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