Other Supporting Material Transform Nutrition West Africa rapid reviews: A resource bank Decisionmakers (including implementers, policymakers, technical agencies) require accurate and relevant evidence by which to plan, develop, and implement nutrition and health programs in a timely fashion. They need to know the effectiveness of interventions and policies, how and in what settings these interventions work, and their cost-effectiveness. Systematic reviews are increasingly used to inform policy… Read More
Other Supporting Material Regional Systematic Map to guide decision-making Regional Systematic Map to guide decision-making on the current landscape of research on World Health Assembly indicators in West Africa The West Africa Region has been one of the slowest in reducing its many burdens of malnutrition. The World Health Assembly’s (WHA) 2025 nutrition targets were developed to track countries’ nutritional situations, and measure progress… Read More
Other Supporting Material Adolescent Nutrition in West Africa: A Systematic Map To identify and catalogue peer-reviewed research on adolescent (10-19 years) nutrition in West Africa Read More
Other Supporting Material The evidence mapping of wasting programmes and their impact along the continuum of care for wasting in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review protocol The Transform Nutrition West Africa project is a regional platform that aims to improve and support policy and program decisions and actions to accelerate reductions in maternal and child undernutrition through an inclusive process of knowledge generation and mobilization. Recognizing that knowledge is derived from evidence and experience, TNWA takes a ‘knowledge for action’ approach…. Read More
Other Supporting Material One-Year Follow Up Assessment: Together for Nutrition West African Data Forum On 11-12 February 2020, Transform Nutrition West Africa (TNWA) and partners organized the Together for Nutrition: West African Data Forum (‘T4N Forum’) in Saly, Senegal. Approximately 12 months after the event, DataDENT, in collaboration with TNWA and UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO), followed-up with T4N Forum participants to better understand participant perspectives on whether… Read More
Other Supporting Material The current landscape of research on World Health Assembly targets in West Africa Search syntax for literature on the World Health Assembly Targets in the West Africa (WA) Region: The MEDLINE database The search syntaxes used to identify the evidence can be accessed here. Read More
Other Supporting Material The current landscape of research on World Health Assembly targets in West Africa Search syntax for drivers of malnutrition in the West African (WA) region: The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) The search syntaxes used to identify the evidence can be accessed here. Read More
Other Supporting Material The current landscape of research on World Health Assembly targets in West Africa: two interdependent review outputs: Review protocol The Transform Nutrition West Africa project is a regional platform that aims to improve and support policy and program decisions and actions to accelerate reductions in maternal and child undernutrition through an inclusive process of knowledge generation and mobilization. Recognizing that knowledge is derived from evidence and experience, TNWA takes a ‘knowledge for action’ approach…. Read More
Other Supporting Material Analysis of spatial patterns of multiple malnutrition types in West Africa: four country case studies This analysis aimed at filling an important knowledge gap on the spatial dynamics of various single and multiple malnutrition burdens among children under five years and Women of Reproductive Age in TNWA focal countries : Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. These slide decks present all the findings and the detailed methodology. An evidence note… Read More