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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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Nutrition policy in Mauritania: Evidence Note

This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Mauritania. 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.

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Nutrition policy in Sierra Leone: Evidence Note

This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Sierra Leone. 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.

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Nutrition policy in Niger: Evidence Note

This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Niger. 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.