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… Resource Read More
Reports Transform Nutrition West Africa: Looking back to move forward Four years ago, a group of senior scientists from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), along with representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP), came together to address malnutrition in West Africa through the Transform Nutrition West Africa… Resource Read More
Journal Articles Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018) The current study aimed to understand why child stunting and anemia (CS&A) rates declined in Ghana between 2009 and 2018, and which priority policies and programs will further improve nutrition outcomes. Trends and potential drivers of stunting (height-for-age z-score < -2.0 SD) and anemia (hemoglobin < 11.0 g/dL), and decomposition analysis of DHS data (2003 to 2014) were conducted. The… Resource 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… Resource Read More
Journal Articles Exploring the drivers of malnutrition in West Africa from health and social science perspectives: A comparative methodological review West Africa has a high burden of malnutrition and the drivers are often complex, highly context-specific, and cut across individual, social, political and environmental domains. Public health research most often considers immediate individual health and diet drivers, at the expense of wider considerations that may fall outside of a health agenda. The objective of this… Resource Read More
Other Supporting Material International Biography of Social Science Database extraction Resource 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 Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Double burden of malnutrition in Ghana: a holistic perspective: Evidence Note The aim of this evidence note is to summarize the current status of nutrition-relevant data in Ghana with relation to the double burden of malnutrition. To achieve this, we examined whether and to what extent national policies focus on the double burden of malnutrition. We highlight strengths, weaknesses, gaps and opportunities in DBM-relevant policy at… Resource Read More
Evidence Notes Nutrition policy in Liberia: Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Liberia. 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