Professional Registry & Ethics
We register, credential and support licensed nutritionists and dietitians, and uphold a binding code of professional ethics for clinical and community practice.
Registered Non-Profit Health Organization · NGO · Bolivia
Nutrition is
public
health.
The Colegio Departamental de nutricionistas y dietistas de santa cruz is a registered non-profit professional medical association of nutritionists and dietitians in Bolivia. We exist so that every family — in the altiplano, the valleys and the lowlands — can reach a qualified nutrition professional, and so that every professional is trained, accredited and held to an ethical standard worthy of the people they serve.
We are member-governed, non-partisan and non-commercial. Our work is funded by member contributions, institutional grants and donations, and it is delivered free of charge to the communities who need it most.
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Our Mission
To make qualified nutrition care ordinary, not exceptional.
We organise, train and represent the nutrition and dietetics profession in Bolivia, and we take nutrition science out of the clinic and into the neighbourhoods, schools and health posts where malnutrition, anaemia, obesity and diet-related chronic disease are actually decided. Every programme we run is measured by one question: did a person eat better, and live better, because of it?
Our Vision
A Bolivia where no child grows up hungry, and no adult grows sick from what is on the table.
We envision a country in which chronic child malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency are historical facts rather than daily realities; in which nutrition professionals are present in every hospital, municipality and school feeding programme; and in which the traditional Andean and Amazonian food heritage is recognised as one of the region's greatest public-health assets.
Four lines of work
Continuing Education
Accredited courses, congresses and clinical workshops keep our members current in medical nutrition therapy, food safety and evidence-based dietetics.
Community Nutrition
Free screening days, growth monitoring and counselling for children, pregnant women and older adults in underserved highland and peri-urban communities.
Public Health Advocacy
We contribute technical evidence to national nutrition policy, food labelling debates and malnutrition-reduction strategies alongside health authorities.
Why Choose Us
Accountable, local and clinically serious.
Legally registered
A formally registered non-profit association (NRS 417142021) operating under Bolivian law.
Professionally led
Governed by licensed nutritionists and dietitians, not by donors or commercial sponsors.
Evidence-based
Programmes follow WHO/PAHO and national Ministry of Health nutrition guidance.
Community-first
Services are delivered free to families in the communities where we work.
Transparent
Annual activity and financial reporting available to members and partners on request.
Founded
Member-governed association
Registration (NRS)
417142021
Legal status
Non-profit NGO
Base of operations
La Paz, Bolivia
Work with
us.
Health institutions, municipalities, universities, NGOs and donors are welcome to partner with us on nutrition programmes, research and training.
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