Please note that this person no longer works at Nutrition International.

Abanti Zakaria, Junior Program Officer, is a part of the Adolescent and Women’s Health and Nutrition sub-unit within Nutrition International’s Global Technical Services team. Working under the supervision and mentorship of Dr. Marion Roche, Abanti contributes to the design, monitoring, implementation and dissemination of Nutrition International’s Adolescent Nutrition programs. Abanti is passionate about girls and women’s empowerment, and is pleased to see that interest in adolescent nutrition interventions is growing globally, complemented with growing investment. She has a BScH in Life Sciences and an MSc in Human Nutrition. Abanti joined Nutrition International in 2014.