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The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition was launched in 2012 under the US G8 Presidency. It is a joint initiative between African leaders, the private sector and development partners to accelerate responsible investment in African agriculture and lift 50 million people out of poverty by 2022. The New Alliance aims to catalyse responsible… Read more
Despite the fact that there is enough food for everyone, almost 870 million people go hungry every night. 2.3 million children die needlessly because of malnutrition each year and 165 million more have their future potential permanently damaged because they don’t receive the right nutrients at the start of life. This is a human tragedy,… Read more
This report is the follow-up to the 2007 publication “How the world’s best performing school systems come out on top”, in which the common attributes of high-performing school systems were examined. Here, the authors compile what they believe is the most comprehensive analysis of global school system reform ever assembled. This report identifies the reform… Read more
By providing evidence on value chains, this report assesses the potential of a number of products to contribute to reducing undernutrition in Ghana. It analyses the challenges that inhibit these products from having greater impact and identifies options for development agencies, public-private partnerships and others to help address these challenges. It focuses on the key… Read more
The objective of this paper was to assess the contribution of the timing of initiation of breastfeeding to any impact. Based on data from Ghana, the results show that the risk of neonatal death was four times higher in children who were not exclusively breastfed (given milk-based fluids or solids in addition to breast milk)…. Read more
Recently, I visited Ghana as part of the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium which is focused on zoonoses, animal diseases which can be passed on to humans. During the trip, other partners in the Consortium and I conducted some planning and fieldwork, including participatory mapping, the work being led by the Ghana team…. Read more