Country Data Profiles Côte-d’Ivoire: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement. Intervention coverage data is essential for tracking implementation and impact of strategies and investments to reduce malnutrition. Read More
Country Data Profiles Benin: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement. Intervention coverage data is essential for tracking implementation and impact of strategies and investments to reduce malnutrition. Read More
Country Data Profiles Burkina Faso: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement. Intervention coverage data is essential for tracking implementation and impact of strategies and investments to reduce malnutrition. Read More
Country Data Profiles Cape Verde: Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage This profile provides an assessment of a country’s potential to report on national-level coverage1 for a set of 16 nutrition interventions and recommends key actions to strengthen coverage measurement. Intervention coverage data is essential for tracking implementation and impact of strategies and investments to reduce malnutrition. Read More
Database Nutrition policy in West Africa: Policy review extraction database TNWA conducted a policy review, which explored and summarized the current landscape of nutrition-relevant policy for each West African country as well as at the regional level. It highlighted strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in nutrition-relevant policy and assessed coherence within and across policies. The resulting database can be downloaded here. This database includes a data… Read More
Technical Notes Adolescent nutrition in West Africa: A rapid review of the research evidence The aim of this rapid review was to identify and catalogue the available research evidence (from 1999–2019) on adolescent nutrition (10–19 years old) in West Africa. The review aimed to inform the West African Health Organization and other decision-makers so as to support policy and program development for adolescents in West Africa. 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
Evidence Notes Nutrition policy in Senegal: Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Senegal. 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. Read More
Evidence Notes Nutrition policy in Ghana: Evidence Note This brief summarizes nutrition-relevant policies in Ghana. 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. Read More