There is a gender wage gap (men earning more than women) in labour market of most countries, to varying degrees, is widely recognised in relevant literature.
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Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity
Background
Inadequate food and water resources negatively affect child health and the efficiency of nutrition interventions.
Background Iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are highly-prevalent nutrient deficiencies and have been shown to have a range of negative effects on cognition and brain function.
Putting consumers first in food systems analysis: Identifying interventions to improve diets in rural Ghana
A critical, yet underexplored, dimension of food systems is how consumer food preferences and beliefs interact with the food environment. We present a consumer-centered approach to identifying options for improving diets.
Global success case analyses have identified factors supporting reductions in stunting across countries; less is known about successes at the subnational levels.
Understanding drivers of stunting reduction in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018: A regression analysis
Nigeria is a high burden country for stunting. Stunting reduction has been slow and characterized by unequal progress across the 36 states and federal capital territory of the country.
Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda
Understanding how countries improve children’s nutrition can inform policies and contribute to further improvements.
Looking back at what has effectively improved nutrition may inform policy makers on how to accelerate progress to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.
Tensions and coalitions: A new trade agreement affects the policy space for nutrition in Vietnam
Global trade has shaped food systems over centuries, but modern trade agreements are hastening these changes and making them more complex, with implications for public health and nutrition transition.
Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: A focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009–2018)
The current study aimed to understand why child stunting and anemia (CS&A) rates declined in Ghana between 2009 and 2018, and which priority policies and programs will further improve nutrition outcomes.
Climbing up the ladder and watching out for the fall: Poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh
Economic evaluation of an early childhood development center–based agriculture and nutrition intervention in Malawi
Malnutrition is a leading cause of death and disability among children in low-income countries. Nutrition-sensitive interventions show promise in increasing food access and improving diets.
Reverse thinking: Taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations
Food systems that deliver healthy diets without exceeding the planet’s resources are essential to achieve the worlds’ ambitious development goals.
Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: Evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa
Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.
The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate maternal and child undernutrition and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries
The economic crisis and food and health system disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to exacerbate undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Nobody left behind? Equity and the drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnamese ethnic minority populations
Vietnam has successfully reduced population stunting, but ethnic minority groups are being systematically left behind, limiting progress on national reductions.
Stories of change in nutrition from Africa and Asia: An introduction to a special series in food security
Malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a massive global challenge, and the past decade has seen a growing political attention to addressing malnutrition in different contexts.