Transform Nutrition West Africa team presented a number of abstracts at The 8th Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference (ANEC VIII 2018) Ethiopia October 1-5th.
- The current landscape of research on World Health Assembly indicators in West Africa: a systematic map to guide decision-making by Leah Salm, Roos Verstraeten, and Lucy Billings
The objective is to identify and catalogue peer-reviewed research on the indicators for the World Health Assembly (WHA) 2025 nutrition targets in West Africa, and create a map of recent research evidence to inform decision-making for nutrition policies and programs in the region. View poster
- Multiple malnutrition burdens in children under 5 and women of reproductive age in West Africa by Roos Verstraeten, Loty Diop
Across West Africa (WA), the burden of child and maternal malnutrition remains high. This study aimed to assess the multiple malnutrition burdens in under five children (U5) and women of reproductive age (WRA) in WA.
The Africa Nutrition Conference (formerly, Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference [ANEC]) is the leading regional nutrition conference in Africa held biennially in various parts of the continent. ANEC provides a forum for nutrition scientists, public health professionals, academics, students and field-based workers in Africa and the rest of the world to meet regularly to share their research findings and best practices and to build capacity to address nutritional challenges in Africa
