Evidence Notes The Dynamics of Nutrition Research in West Africa: Tracking the Evidence: Evidence Note This note is intended for use by the research community and by wider audiences including decisionmakers such as program designer/coordinators, and policymakers. Findings revealed that the research dynamics for nutrition are unevenly distributed across West African countries, with the most evidence on nutrition being available to Anglophone countries. Though the included publications are of high… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Analysis of nutrition research networks in West Africa Application of social network analysis to co-authorship data to understand and enhance collaboration Despite limited progress to date, we now see a growing political commitment to addressing the high rates of maternal and child undernutrition in West Africa. Such commitment needs to be effectively translated into appropriate policy choices and effective program action in order… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Burkina Faso – Lessons from a Case Study This brief— based on research from the Stories of Change in Burkina Faso report—aims to tell the story of Burkina Faso’s success in nutrition, identify its challenges, and provide evidence-based recommendations to address challenges now and in the future. Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Adolescent Nutrition in West Africa – Evidence Note Adolescent nutrition in West Africa is the focus of our latest Evidence Note. We have mapped research in this area to shed light on the trends in research and identify gaps in knowledge. Adolescents have often been overlooked in nutrition policy and programming. However, there is growing momentum to target this group through the Global… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Understanding the differences between child stunting and anemia reduction and identifying outstanding challenges in Ghana. Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana By Richmond Aryeetey, Afua Atuobi-Yeboah, Mara Van Den Bold and Nick Nisbett. In the past decade, Ghana has seen a significant reduction in stunting among children under five years of age. However, anemia only declined marginally over the same period, with the result that the rate of child… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Implementation in Nutrition: A Tools Map The Knowledge for Implementation and Impact Initiative (KI3) set out to strengthen the availability, access and utilization of implementation knowledge to accelerate progress in scaling up implementation and impact on nutrition. One of its activities focused on the development of a Tools Map, which is an interactive, user friendly, and visually engaging map on implementation… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Nutrition policy in West Africa – Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies, strategies, and action plans in West Africa. With a focus on the six nutrition challenges that make up the World Health Assembly global targets, we examine: i) nutrition context, policy objectives, indicators, budget, and activities, ii) key beneficiaries, actors and coordination, iii) monitoring, evaluation, and accountability, and iv) the extent… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Nutrition policy in Burkina Faso – Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Burkina Faso. We examine: i) nutrition context, policy objectives, indicators, budget, and activities, ii) key beneficiaries, actors and coordination, iii) monitoring, evaluation, and accountability, and iv) whether current policies are aligned with the World Health Assembly (WHA) global targets. Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Nutrition Policy in Nigeria – Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Nigeria. We examine: i) nutrition context, policy objectives, indicators, budget, and activities, ii) key beneficiaries, actors and coordination, iii) monitoring, evaluation, and accountability, and iv) whether current policies are aligned with the World Health Assembly (WHA) global targets. HTML LINK Resource Read More