Cassava Cyanide Diseases Network (CCDN)
Towards the elimination of Konzo, TAN and other cassava cyanide diseases


COORDINATOR
J Howard Bradbury, Botany and Zoology, School of Biology
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0020, Australia
Phone: +61-2-61250775, Fax: +61-2-61255573. See under http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/staffandstudents/academic_staff.php
Email: Howard.Bradbury@anu.edu.au

COORDINATING GROUP
Julie Cliff, Ian Denton, Humberto Muquingue and Dulce Nhassico

COUNTRY CONTACTS
Esther E. Agbor, Cameroon; Delphin D. Ngudi, D.R.Congo; Bala Nambisan, India; Achmad Hidayat, Indonesia; Arnaldo Cumbana, Mozambique; M.N. Adindu and P.N. Okafor, Nigeria.

The CCD Network has about 250 members worldwide and is free. If you wish to join please contact the coordinator. A Newsletter, CCDN News, is published every 6 months in June and December (see CCDN News)


Cassava cyanide diseases are discussed under the following headings:

World health and agricultural bodies should pay more attention to emerging health problems associated with toxicity of cyanogens in cassava (Nhassico et al., 2008)

Three boys and a girl at Liupo Rehabilitation Centre, Mozambique