A decade of nutrition research in Africa: assessment of the evidence base and academic collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Malnutrition in Africa has not improved compared with other regions in the world. Investment in the build-up of a strong African research workforce is essential to provide contextual solutions to the nutritional problems of Africa. To orientate this process, we reviewed nutrition research carried out in Africa and published during the last decade.

Design

We assessed nutrition research from Africa published between 2000 and 2010 from MEDLINE and EMBASE and analysed the study design and type of intervention for studies indexed with major MeSH terms for vitamin A deficiency, protein-energy malnutrition, obesity, breast-feeding, nutritional status and food security. Affiliations of first authors were visualised as a network and power of affiliations was assessed using

SUBMITTER: Lachat C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271562 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature