Foodborne diseases (FBD) are an important externality of agriculture and food systems, but only since 2015 have they risen up the development agenda. In the first part of this Review, I...
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The African Union has continued to prioritise the need to accelerate efforts towards socio-economic transformation and development through strategic continental and regional initiatives. Agenda 2063 aims...
Maize is an important staple food that has cultural, economic, environmental, and nutritional impacts in the world. In addition to being a cornerstone crop for human nutrition, maize is in high demand...
This review examines the nexus of poverty, malnutrition and diseases in Africa, the challenges, implications and their mitigation. The paper takes a critical look at available literatures on the primary causes, modes...
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Chapter 2 of the book focuses on strengthening Africa’s food systems.
It consists in a couple of essays on:
Food security in Africa: current efforts...
UNICEF Regional Offices in Eastern and Southern Africa and in Western and Central Africa jointly commissioned an assessment of Gender-transformative approaches and promising practices in Health, Nutrition, and HIV programming...
The emergence of COVID-19 has drawn the attention of health researchers sharply back to the role that food systems can play in generating human disease burden. But emerging pandemic...
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This study analyzes the impact of malnutrition on infant mortality and life expectancy in a sample of 36 African countries during the 2003–2018 period.
The economic implications of...
Child undernutrition, a form of malnutrition, is a major public health burden in developing countries. Supplementation interventions targeting the major micronutrient deficiencies have only reduced the burden...