Evidence Notes Guidance for Improving Nutrition-Relevant Policy Development in West Africa: Evidence Note To address and prevent malnutrition, institutions and governments are encouraged to implement multisectoral approaches. Against the backdrop of a mounting burden of overweight and obesity and a persistent burden of undernutrition, addressing causes of malnutrition with integrated approaches that create and sustain synergistic, mutually reinforcing policy mechanisms is crucial for amplifying progress. Through a desk… Read More
Evidence Notes West Africa’s Data Story The Availability of Actionable Nutrition Data: Evidence Note In order to improve nutrition, countries must have access to nutrition indicators that allow them to effectively track progress, set priorities, inform policy and program decisions, and guide implementation and monitoring. To identify gaps and opportunities in national data systems, we assessed the availability of data for key country-level nutrition indicators. Results are presented in… Read More
Evidence Notes Evidence Mapping of Wasting Programs and Their Impact Along the Continuum of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Rapid Review of the Research Evidence: Evidence Note To guide future programming decisions and guidelines to address wasting, TNWA performed a rapid review of both the quantity and effectiveness of existing interventions and programs to address wasting. An evidence note summarizes the findings on what works and identifies research gaps along the continuum of care for wasting. Key messages Although research has been… Read More
Evidence Notes Spatial Patterns of Multiple Malnutrition Types in West Africa: Four Country Case Studies: Evidence Note An important knowledge gap was filled through analysis of the spatial dynamics of various multiple malnutrition burdens among children under five years and women of reproductive age in TNWA focal countries — Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. Outputs include a slide deck and an evidence note presenting the methodology and summarizing the findings. Key… Read More
Evidence Notes Effectiveness and Implementation Analysis of Interventions to Improve Exclusive and Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in West Africa: Evidence Note Stakeholders specifically identified the need for contextualization and evidence on implementation of interventions to promote breastfeeding. TNWA assessed the highest quality evidence available on interventions to promote early initiation of breastfeeding and/or exclusive breastfeeding within the West African context, and identified the implementation approaches that contribute most to intervention success so that these can be… Read More
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… 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
Technical Notes Availability of data on nutrition intervention coverage in West Africa: Technical Note Transform Nutrition West Africa is a regional initiative to support effective policy and programmatic action on nutrition through evidence generation, synthesis, and mobilization. Intervention coverage data is essential for tracking the implementation and impact of strategies and investments to reduce malnutrition. This technical note provides the methodological details of the assessment of a country’s potential… Read More
Other Supporting Material The dynamics of nutrition research in West Africa: tracking the evidence: Search syntax for literature on nutrition-relevant research evidence published in the West African region The search syntaxes used to identify the evidence can be accessed here. Read More
Technical Notes The Dynamics of Nutrition Research in West Africa: Tracking the Evidence: Technical note The technical note describing how we captured evidence throughout the project is available for download here. Read More