Search
Gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya's informal dairy sector: Enhancing gender-equity in urban markets
Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and nutrition, particularly among poor households. Gender dynamics affect who is involved in and benefits from milk trading.
Staying afloat in the milk business: Borrowing and selling on credit among informal milk vendors in Nairobi
Studies on credit schemes for small-scale entrepreneurs have documented their potential to alleviate poverty and improve food security, nutrition, and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming available, governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populations.
In anticipation of the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine—the distribution of which will be a complex and sensitive issue—governments will need to assess the number and location of the most vulnerable people within their populati
Disclosure, reporting and help seeking among child survivors of violence: A cross-country analysis
Violence against children is a pervasive public health issue, with limited data available across multiple contexts.
Value for money? Vote-buying and politician accountability
Empirical evidence on the link between agrobiodiversity and dietary diversity appears to be inconclusive.
The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: A cluster randomised controlled trial in Kenya
Observational studies have documented an association between aflatoxin (AF) exposure and reduced linear growth in infants and young children.
In this assessment, the status and progress of Kenya on each of the metrics related to the Malabo goals and commitments is evaluated. The metrics defined here deal with goals and commitments at the continental level.
Design and implementation
Funding and budgeting
This study is the first to show the significant association between poverty and aflatoxin exposure.
The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co
Author's abstract below: