Micronutrients and socio-demographic factors were major predictors of anaemia among the Ethiopian population

Belay, Amha; Joy, Edward J. M.; Lark, R. Murray; Ander, E. Louise; Young, Scott D.; Bailey, Elizabeth H.; Broadley, Martin R.; Gashu, Dawd

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“…More than 10 new PhD studentships were registered through GeoNutrition, mostly in Ethiopia and Malawi, building directly on our ACBI consortium model. Outputs of GeoNutrition included primary papers [37,41,42,[47][48][49][50] and co-developed policy briefings for policymakers, which included socio-economic and ethical analyses of agricultural policies and practices to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition. The GeoNutrition project itself then led to further BMGF funding via the 'Micronutrient Action Policy Support (MAPS) Tool' project (2019-2024).…”

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Doctoral training to support sustainable soil geochemistry research in Africa

Manzeke-Kangara,

Ligowe,

Kaninga

et al. 2024

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Africa’s potential for scientific research is not yet being realized, for various reasons including a lack of researchers in many fields and insufficient funding. Strengthened research capacity through doctoral training programmes in higher education institutes (HEIs) in Africa, to include collaboration with national, regional and international research institutions, can facilitate self-reliant and sustainable research to support socio-economic development. In 2012, the Royal Society and the UK’s Department for International Development (now the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) launched the Africa Capacity Building Initiative (ACBI) Doctoral Training Network which aimed to strengthen research capacity and training across sub-Saharan Africa. The ACBI supported 30 core PhD scholarships, all registered/supervised within African HEIs with advisory support from the UK-based institutes. Our ‘Soil geochemistry to inform agriculture and health policies’ consortium project, which was part of the ACBI doctoral training programme network, was implemented in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe between 2014 and 2020. The aims of our consortium were to explore linkages between soil geochemistry, agriculture and public health for increased crop productivity, nutrition and safety of food systems and support wider training and research activities in soil science. Highlights from our consortium included: (i) the generation of new scientific evidence on linkages between soils, crops and human nutrition; (ii) securing new projects to translate science into policy and practice; and (iii) maintaining sustainable collaborative learning across the consortium. Our consortium delivered high-quality science outputs and secured new research and doctoral training funding from a variety of sources to ensure the continuation of research and training activities. For example, follow-on Global Challenges Research Funded Translation Award provided a strong evidence base on the prevalence of deficiencies in children under 5 years of age and women of reproductive age in Zimbabwe. This new evidence will contribute towards the design and implementation of a nationally representative micronutrient survey as an integral part of the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys conducted by the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The award also generated new evidence and a road map for creating quality innovative doctorates through a doctoral training landscape activity led by the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education. Although our project and the wider ACBI has contributed to increasing the self-reliance and sustainability of research within the region, many challenges remain and ongoing investment is required.

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