{"id":1708,"date":"2021-12-15T05:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T05:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meals4ncds.org\/en\/?page_id=1708"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:58:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:58:52","slug":"fern2021-presentations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meals4ncds.org\/en\/fern2021-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN2021) Meeting & INFORMAS eSymposium Series for Africa (2021) | Held: 3rd, 10th & 17th November 2021 | Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"
DAY 1: 3rd<\/sup> November, 2021<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\nActivity\/Video<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos Laar (University of Ghana, MEALS4NCDs)<\/p>\n

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Opening Session<\/p>\n

Welcome address<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Phyllis Ohene-Adjei<\/td>\nOverview of meeting format & objectives<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Damien Conar\u00e9 (UNESCO Chair for World Food Systems) & Nicolas Bricas (CIRAD, UMR Moisa)<\/td>\nPlenary 1: Foodscapes are not just what you see<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solophina Nekesa (ICLEI Africa)<\/td>\nPlenary 2: City-level innovations in improving Africa’s food environments and food systems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peiman Milani (Rockefeller Foundation)<\/td>\nPlenary 3: FS-TIP \u2013 Food System Transformative Integrated Policy: update on three African country pilots (Ghana, Malawi, and Rwanda)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mphumuzi Sukati (FAORAF)<\/td>\nPlenary 4: Role of FAO in transforming Africa\u2019s Food Environments<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kimberly Neve (City University London)<\/td>\nPlenary 5: Understanding Lived Experience of Food Environments to Inform Policy: An Overview of Research Methods<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carmen Klinger (LMU-Munich) & Peter Delobelle (Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa)<\/td>\nPlenary 6: Food environments\u00a0in\u00a0Africa: Addressing\u00a0Malnutrition using a\u00a0Syndemics\u00a0Approach – The Food-SAMSA Project<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Yates\u00a0(ANH Academy)<\/td>\nPlenary 7: Plastic food environments: Concepts and evidence gaps in African contexts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krystal Rampalli (MEALS4NCDs)<\/td>\nSummary of days activities & adjourn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
DAY 2: 10th<\/sup> November, 2021<\/h5>\n
INFORMAS eSymposium Series 2021: Africa<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos Laar (University of Ghana, MEALS4NCDs) & Boyd Swinburn (University of Auckland)<\/td>\nOpening Plenary<\/p>\n

Welcome – Overview\/Symposium objectives<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

David Nabarro (Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College of London)<\/td>\nKeynote 1. Update from the UN Food Systems Summit and next steps: Monitoring for accountability, and shifting the balance of power through collective action<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly Garton (INFORMAS Secretariat)<\/td>\nINFORMAS Module Updates<\/p>\n

Overview of global activities.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Adama Diouf (University Cheikh Anta Diop)<\/td>\nPrivate sector (Business Impact Assessment on obesity and populations) \u2013 Senegal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milka Wanjohi (African Population Health Research Centre)<\/td>\nFood-EPI \u2013 Uganda\/Tanzania<\/p>\n

The Food environment policy index (Food -EPI) in Uganda and Tanzania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Amos Laar (University of Ghana, MEALS4NCDs)<\/td>\nFood Promotion \u2013 Ghana<\/p>\n

Implementing the INFORMAS Food Promotion module in Ghana<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Stella Nordhagen (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition)<\/td>\nMonitoring food systems for the double-burden of malnutrition and sustainability<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Abstract Sessions<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category\/Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\nTopic\/Video <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Sector Policies \/ Food Prices \/ Communication <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ursula Tr\u00fcbswasser<\/td>\nPolicy action for healthy food environment in Ethiopia to prevent malnutrition in all its forms<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savannah Froese<\/td>\nFood systems in Kenya: Gaps and opportunities for optimal nutrition and health outcomes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Morgan Boncyk<\/td>\nImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food availability, prices, and consumption in rural Kenya: Variations due to agroecological zone, market access, and gender<\/a><\/p>\n

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Iheme, Gideon Onyedikachi<\/td>\nImpact of COVID-19 pandemic on food prices indexes in Nigeria<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natasha Mazonde<\/td>\nMedia coverage of health promotion Levy in South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n

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Population Diets<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winnie Sambu<\/td>\nEvidence and gaps map on consumption of industrial diets among adolescents in Ghana: what does the current evidence tell us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ortutu Beulah<\/td>\nDietary patterns and sociodemographic characteristics of community-dwelling adults in Umuahia, Nigeria<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia de Bruyn<\/td>\nApplying a food environment lens to understand drivers of fish intake in the African Great Lakes Regions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cristiana K. Verissimo<\/td>\nGendered home food environments are central to children\u2019s dietary diversity in rural Tanzania<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia Liguori<\/td>\nHow do food safety concerns drive consumer behaviours and diets in low-and middle-income countries<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eva-Charlotte Ekstr\u00f6m<\/td>\nFood availability in residential neighbourhoods and family diet diversity in Addis Ababa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food Composition \/ Food Labelling <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tamryn Frank<\/td>\nDeveloping a nutrient profiling model to underpin food and nutrition policies in South Africa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucia Segovia de la Revilla<\/td>\nCurrent availability of food composition data in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Makoma Bopape<\/td>\nSouth Africa consumers\u2019 perception of front-of-package warning labels on unhealthy foods<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rina Swart<\/td>\nFront-of-package warning labels, a randomised control trial<\/a><\/p>\n

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Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu<\/td>\nLow level of food label literacy among households in Accra<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Yosah Konlan<\/td>\nConsumer understanding and usage of labels in Ghana: a review of the evidence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food Retail \/ Food Promotion<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akosua Pokua Adjei<\/td>\nHow healthy are our supermarkets? availability of healthy and discretionary ultra-processed foods in supermarkets of selected districts in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tjale Cloupas Mahopo<\/td>\nOperational characteristics of women street food vendors in rural South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Noella Nyirangirinshuti<\/td>\nChoice of food retail outlets and nutrient intakes among poor-urban dwellers in Kamashangi community, Rwanda<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alice Scaria Khan<\/td>\nChild-directed marketing (CDM) strategies on breakfast cereal packaging in South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patience Mushamiri-Kuzviwanza<\/td>\nThe marketing and advertisement of sugary food products to children on television in South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irene Amponsah Kumi<\/td>\nHealthiness of foods and beverages advertised on Ghanaian television programs targeting children<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
School Food Environments<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agnes Erzse<\/td>\nUsing the behaviour change wheel to identify tailored interventions to improve food environments in public primary schools in urban South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanna Y. Berhane<\/td>\nFood environment around schools and adolescent consumption of unhealthy food in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Constance A. Gewa<\/td>\nFood environment in and around primary school children\u2019s school and neighborhoods in two urban settings in Kenya<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ayala Wineman<\/td>\nSchool meal programs in Africa: Regional results from the 2019 global survey of school meal programs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mulenga Mary Mukanu<\/td>\nDeterminants of dietary patterns of school-going adolescents and their policy implications in Zambia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gideon Senyo Amevinya<\/td>\nHeavy marketing of energy-dense nutrient-poor foods around basic schools in Greater Accra Region, Ghana<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\nTopic <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nzama Lawrence Mbalati (Healthy Living Alliance)<\/td>\nAdvocacy and Coalition- Building<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boyd Swinburn (University of Auckland) & Peter Delobelle (Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa)<\/td>\nMonitoring and Demanding Accountability<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Amos Laar (University of Ghana, MEALS4NCDs)<\/td>\nClosing Remarks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
DAY 3: 17th<\/sup> November, 2021<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\nActivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Akua Tandoh (MEALS4NCDs)<\/td>\nOpening Session<\/p>\n

Welcome\/ Overview of activities for the day<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sally Mackay (INFORMAS) & William Masters (Tufts University)<\/td>\nCapacity building activities\u00a0 (<\/a>Parallel stream<\/em>)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rina Swart (University of Western Cape) &\u00a0 Yassarah Onifade (University Cheikh Anta Diop)<\/td>\nFront-of-package warning labels, a randomised control trial \/ <\/a>Food Labelling: Adopting a fit-for- purpose Nutrient Profiling Model and Front of Pack labeling (S\/A)\u201d and \u201cFood composition database (Senegal)\u201d<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Abstract Sessions<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Population Diets <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alice Karanja<\/td>\nUnderstanding drivers of food choices in LMIC: a systematic mapping review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moses Mokaya<\/td>\nEnvironmental factors influencing food intake in Adults with type two diabetes: a Kenyan qualitative study<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Annabel Yeboah-Nkrumah<\/td>\nDietary intakes and nutrient gaps in the diets of poor urban Ghanaian women<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles Lwanga Tumuhe<\/td>\nFoodstuff available on market stalls and restaurant in rural-urban centers: a case of Kagadi Town, Uganda<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Food Environments <\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnus Jirstr\u00f6m<\/td>\nFood environments in Addis Ababa: investigating food availability among households with woman and children under five years of age<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Batame<\/td>\nEmerging adults attitude and perceptions towards ultra-processed foods, fruit, and vegetables consumption in Ghanaian university foodscape<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sejla Isanovic<\/td>\nPerspective about food safety in diverse low- and middle-income countries<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony Muchai Manyara<\/td>\nBarriers and facilitators of healthy eating in a low-income community in Nairobi Kenya: a qualitative study<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Food Environments \/ Communication<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kovania Naidoo<\/td>\nInvestigating and mapping out the food environments within predominantly Indian communities in the city of Durban, South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semira Abdelmenan Awel<\/td>\nThe social stratification of availability, affordability and consumption of food in families with pre-schoolers in Addis Ababa: the EAT Addis Ababa study in Ethiopia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vincent Linderhof<\/td>\nTransition pathway for healthy diets in the Accra food environment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natasha Mazonde (obesity portrayals \u2013 social media)<\/td>\nOnline health communities\u2019 portrayal of obesity on social media platforms in South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Speaker<\/strong><\/td>\nActivity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habiba Hassan-Wassef (National Research Centre, Egypt)<\/td>\nUpdate on Egypt\u2019s ongoing nationwide\u00a0 strategies for food and nutrition security and agricultural transformation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderator:\u00a0 Saa Dittoh (University for Development Studies, Ghana)<\/td>\nOpen forum: How to leverage FERN to contribute to transformation of Africa\u2019s food systems<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samuel Oti (IDRC)<\/td>\nRemarks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amos Laar (University of Ghana, MEALS4NCDs)<\/td>\nClosing Remarks<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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