Time to act on malnutrition in all its forms in West Africa

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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Published on
03.03.20
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Nutrition

A woman in Niger measures her baby's arm circumference—part of a program that teaches mothers to regularly monitor for signs of malnutrition. Such integrated nutrition interventions can play a key role in improving overall public health, according to IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Harold Alderman.

This post, which originally appeared on Transform Nutrition West Africa, explores how West Africa is being impacted by the double burden of malnutrition, and steps to move forward in addressing it.

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