Posts by Alessia Gasco
A career in International Development: panel discussion with Hub researchers
LIDC and the Action Against Stunting Hub are holding an online career event for students with an interest in international development who want to find out more about a career in academia.
Read MoreDecolonising our food systems: whose land, whose seas?
Decolonising food systems involves changing the way we think about food and how we obtain our food. This means challenging who makes decisions about who gets access to safe, nutritious food to eat. It is, therefore, a question of environmental sustainability, access to power, and justice.
Read MoreANH2022 Side event: Global Nutrition Policy: Levers, Blockers and Role of Innovative Research
Achieving child stunting targets, SDG 2.2, and ending all forms of malnutrition by 2030 will demand multi-sectoral policy and programmatic actions. It will require bringing together multi-sector interventions targeting mothers and children to address direct and broader underlying factors such as diet, disease prevention, food systems, women’s empowerment, and socioeconomic factors. Nutrition is a smart…
Read MoreThe stunting puzzle: what role do helminths play?
In this webinar, our team presents their systematic review on helminths infections. They researched the current evidence to help support or refute the hypothesis that helminths cause physical stunting in children.
Read MoreUkraine Invasion and Food Systems: Short- and Long-term Impact
In this webinar, Joseph Glauber and David Laborde, Senior Research Fellows with IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, will present their latest research. They will try to unfold the long and short consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the Global Food Systems.
Read MoreBeyond 2030: tackling stunting in India more sustainably and equitably
In this webinar, we will explore the current nutrition status in India. We will touch on inequality, environment, climate change and governance to give a complete overview of what can be done to improve the lives of millions of families.
Read MoreProf Heffernan’s response to the UK Government’s new commitment to global nutrition
‘We were delighted to learn of the UK Government’s £1.5 billion commitment to nutrition over the next eight years. This funding will support nutritional equity for some of the world’s most vulnerable communities but equally, will enable the UK to continue to provide thought leadership in this field. Indeed, this pledge will enable UK scientists…
Read MoreNurturing children’s development
The webinar will explore the early childhood education system in India and Senegal using a documentary analysis
Read MoreListen and Learn: a discussion about supporting quality early childhood education
A conversation to gain views on a variety of early childhood learning approaches in Senegal and engage in a discussion about supporting quality early childhood education.
Read MoreDo your surveys make sense?
How can we be confident that the surveys we develop are meaningful in the real-world and translate accurately across languages and sociocultural settings?
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