Publications by authors named "Augustin Flory"
Landscape of official development assistance for nutrition data and information systems.
BMJ Glob Health
March 2022
Nutrition data and information systems (ND&IS) are critical to guide the prioritisation, collection, analysis and dissemination of nutrition data in countries. However, there is limited guidance for countries regarding how to invest in their ND&IS and little is known about current financing allocations by both countries and donors. This hinders our ability to identify the most critical funding gaps and to effectively advocate for increased financial commitments to ND&IS.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries, leading to significant increases in child stunting, wasting, and mortality.
- Researchers used modeling tools to estimate the negative impacts and projected that by 2022, there could be millions more children suffering from malnutrition, along with increased maternal anaemia and a substantial economic burden of $29.7 billion in future productivity losses.
- To combat these issues, an estimated $1.2 billion annually is necessary to scale up nutrition interventions, and it’s crucial for governments and donors to prioritize nutrition in their support efforts.
As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide remain undernourished (underweight, stunted, and deficient in micronutrients), despite evidence on effective interventions and increasing political commitment to, and financial investment in, nutrition. The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled health systems, exacerbated household food insecurity, and reversed economic growth, which together could set back improvements in undernutrition across low-income and middle-income countries. This paper highlights how the evidence base for nutrition, health, food systems, social protection, and water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions has evolved since the 2013 Lancet Series on maternal and child nutrition and identifies the priority actions needed to regain and accelerate progress within the next decade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow are countries planning for costs of nutrition data and information systems?
Gates Open Res
June 2020
The first Global Nutrition Report in 2014 called for a "data revolution" in nutrition, so that countries have the latest data to set priorities and monitor progress. Integral to this revolution is understanding how countries are investing in the data, systems and capacity required to support decision-making around nutrition, i.e.
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