Ghana
Overview
INFORMAS in Ghana is led by Dr. Amos Laar with support from Dr. Richmond Aryeetey /Ms. Akua Tandoh and partners at the University of Sheffield – Professor Michelle Holdsworth; Dr. Amy Barnes; Ms. Kristin Bash.
- People Involved
- Output Table
- Outputs (publications, reports, conference presentations)
- Acknowledgements/Funders
Ghanaian Team
Dr Amos Laar
Senior Lecturer
Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health,
School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Phone: +233244982176
E-mail: alaar@ug.edu.gh
Dr Richmond Aryeetey
Senior Lecturer
Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health,
School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Phone: +233261128506
E-mail: raryeetey@ug.edu.gh
Ms. Akua Tandoh
Principal Research Assistant on ‘Dietary Transitions in Ghanaian Cites’ Project, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health,
School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Phone: +233200784676
E-mail:atandoh@hm2r.org
Dr Amy Barnes
Lecturer in Public Health (Policy)
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)-Public Health Section
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Phone: (0044)114- 222-0875
Email: a.barnes@sheffield.ac.uk
Kristin Bash
Honorary Lecturer in Public Health
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)-Public Health Section
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Phone: (0044)796-476-8082
Email: k.bash@sheffield.ac.uk
Professor Michelle Holdsworth
Professor of Public Health
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)-Public Health Section
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Phone: (0044)114- 222-0723
Email: Michelle.holdsworth@sheffield.ac.uk
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Public Sector (Food EPI) |
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1,2 Manuscript submitted for publication (currently under review) |
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| Food Promotion |
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| Food Trade & Investment |
- Laar, A., Barnes, A., Aryeetey, R., Tandoh, A., Bash, K., Mensah, K., Zotor, F., Vandevijvere, S., Holdsworth, M. (2020) Implementation of healthy food environment policies to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana: National experts’ assessment of government action. Food Policy, 93, 101907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101907
- Laar, A., Tandoh, A., Barnes, A., Bash, K., Aryeetey, R., Mensah, K., Vandevijvere, S., & Holdsworth, M. (2019). Benchmarking Ghana’s Policies for Creating Healthy Food Environments. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31120.46081
Conference Presentation:
- Laar A., Barnes A, Aryeetey R, Tandoh A, Bash K, Mensah K, Zotor FB, Vandevijvere S, Holdsworth M. Implementation of healthy food environment policies in Ghana: Gaps and priorities to prevent nutrition-related non-communicable diseases. Presented at 4th Annual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week. 24-28 June 2019. Hyderabad, India
- This research in Ghana is part of the ‘Dietary Transitions in Ghanaian Cites’ project, which is supported by the Drivers of Food Choice (DFC) Competitive Grants Programs, which is funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and managed by the University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, USA.
- The research in Kenya is part of the TACLED project: Transitions in African Cities Leveraging Evidence for Diet-related NCDs funded by a GCRF-MRC led Foundation Award.
- Implementation of the INFORMAS food promotion and food provision modules is being funded by the International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC) as part of the “Measuring the Healthiness of Ghanaian Children’s Food Environments to Prevent Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases” project