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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah

Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah is a Senior Research Associate in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Cairo. Her research interests include applied economic development, trade, and spatial economics, with a focus on topics relevant to social protection, food, nutrition, and agriculture in the Middle East and Africa. 

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.


Phuong Nguyen

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Phuong Hong Nguyen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit whose research interests are in maternal and child health and nutrition. She plays a significant role in the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation of Alive & Thrive, a multiyear initiative promoting optimal infant and young child feeding practices. In addition, Phuong leads the evaluation efforts for Maternal Nutrition Interventions and is a team leader of the Data and Evidence to Support Policy Implementation component for POSHAN II (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition II). She is also deeply engaged in assessing the role of food environments in adolescent nutrition. Phuong has conducted research in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, and Viet Nam using various methodologies, including cluster-randomized impact evaluation, mixed-method process evaluation, and costing research.

Before joining IFPRI, she worked as an obstetrician for more than 12 years in Viet Nam. She received her MD from Thai Nguyen Medical School, Viet Nam, and her PhD in nutrition and health sciences from Emory University.

Languages: English, Vietnamese



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