Nutrition

In conjunction with the CSIS Global Food Security Program, GHPC has been examining global nutrition policy

Investment for global nutrition is one of the most cost-effective public health approaches, with a $16 return on every $1 invested. Nutrition is a critical, low-cost, and highly effective intervention that has far-reaching effects on its own, but also helps ensure the success of other health interventions, such as those targeting maternal, newborn, and child health and infectious disease.

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Innovating to Improve Nutrition Within the Covid-19 Crisis

As the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating global nutrition challenges and erasing hard-fought gains from the past decade, governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs are finding new ways to improve and reprioritize nutrition while responding to the pandemic.

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Prioritizing Nutrition within the Covid-19 Context

September 25, 2020 | Commentary by Katherine E. Bliss

Building on its record of leadership and recent actions to support global nutrition, the United States can help revitalize progress toward global goals by ensuring that nutrition projects are fully integrated into U.S. development and health support for Covid-19 response.

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High Prices, Empty Shelves

What is causing recent increases in food prices and supply chain disruptions, and how does this impact U.S. food security?

Critical Questions by Jamie Lutz and Caitlin Welsh — January 27, 2022

Innovating to Improve Nutrition Within the Covid-19 Crisis

As the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating global nutrition challenges and erasing hard-fought gains from the past decade, governments, multilateral organizations, and NGOs are finding new ways to improve and reprioritize nutrition while responding to the pandemic.

Report by Katherine E. Bliss — September 29, 2020

On the Horizon: Prioritizing Nutrition within the Covid-19 Context

Building on its record of leadership and recent actions to support global nutrition, the United States can help revitalize progress toward global goals by ensuring that nutrition projects are fully integrated into U.S. development and health support for Covid-19 response.

Commentary by Katherine E. Bliss — September 25, 2020

WHO and President Trump on the Ledge

President Trump's suspension of funding to WHO could gravely compromise the global response to Covid-19. If common sense and diplomacy prevail, the administration and WHO can walk back from the ledge, with a bipartisan nudge from Congress and gentle pressure from the G-7.

Commentary by J. Stephen Morrison and Anna McCaffrey — April 28, 2020

Coronavirus Crisis Update

Nutrition as the Key to Resilient Populations

In this episode of Take as Directed, Sara Allinder speaks with Shawn Baker, Director of the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discuss how the arc of Vitamin A supplementation fits into the larger story of global health, the need to reinvigorate programs that have stalled, and Shawn’s hopes for long-term, systems-based interventions that can sustain progress.

Podcast Episode by Sara M. Allinder — April 16, 2019

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update

Stretching the Dollar, Increasing the Reach

Join the CSIS Global Health Policy Center for their nutrition policy primer launch event where panelists will explore how the U.S. government can address critical gaps and opportunities in global nutrition. 

Event — March 28, 2019

Coronavirus Crisis Update

Improving Health Outcomes by Investing in Nutrition

In this episode of Take as Directed, Sara Allinder speaks with Dr. Robert Mwadime, Chief of Party of the USAID Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity in Uganda, a program administered by Abt Associates. 

Podcast Episode by Sara M. Allinder — March 5, 2019

CSIS Coronavirus Crisis Update

U.S. Global Nutrition Investments

The CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the CSIS Global Food Security Project has co-hosted this event to launch their report from a recent research trip to the country and discuss the future of nutrition as a priority within U.S. development assistance policy.

Event — October 11, 2018

Improving Nutrition in East Africa’s Bread Basket

This report outlines the main observations from a recent trip made by a research team from the CSIS Global Health Policy Center and the CSIS Global Food Security Project to Uganda and gives policy recommendations for future U.S. engagement on nutrition in Uganda.

Report by Sara M. Allinder, Cathryn Streifel, and Reid Hamel — October 11, 2018