Ms. Dogbe is a program officer on the nutrition practice at R4D where she supports nutrition projects across multiple sub-practices, with a focus on nutrition financing including the USAID Advancing Nutrition Project. 

Before joining R4D, Ms. Dogbe was a senior program associate at ACTION Secretariat where she provided program support to the ACTION partnership advocacy, policy research and policy analysis. Relevant issues under her portfolio included health financing, health systems, World Bank, multilateral banks, maternal, newborn child health and primary health. Nadine also contributed to the development of partnership advocacy strategies, partner and donor management, public-facing documents and programmatic and research design efforts. 

Nadine holds a master of science in public health with a concentration in health economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is fluent in French and Ewe. 

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Since then, R4D has been tracking donor disbursements to priority interventions needed to achieve the WHA nutrition targets to monitor progress toward the financial benchmarks laid out in the Investment Framework. In our latest update, we report donor disbursements from 2015 to 2020 and the financing gap that remains. This is the first look at trends in nutrition aid since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Disbursements have increased overall but a significant financing gap to meet the WHA nutrition targets remains. While financing for wasting and above-service delivery increased over this period, financing for stunting, exclusive breastfeeding, and anemia have either decreased or plateaued as need grows.

Please contact Caroline Andridge or Mary D’Alimonte for any questions or comments on these materials.

We wish to thank the many partners who participated in the development of the method and review of the findings, including members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Donor Network who contributed their time and input to this analysis across the years. The authors would like to thank the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for supporting this study.

Additional Resources

• Methods (September 2022)
• Supplementary Material for 2020 Analysis (September 2022)

We are grateful for the support provided by the 2022 research team, including Abbe McCarter, Luka Pauwelyn, Lauryn Cravens, Henrike Schmalfuss, and Rana Iscazai. R4D is also grateful to the core team that helped spearhead this initiative in 2016, including Mary D’Alimonte, Jack Clift, Emily Thatcher, Stephanie Heung, and Augustin Flory, and to integral team members who joined as the analysis evolved into what it is today, including Caroline Andridge, Kyle Borces, Ryan LeMier, Felicity Nelson, Abbe McCarter, and David Christensen.

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Ms. McCarter is a senior program associate on the nutrition practice at R4D where she supports nutrition projects across multiple sub-practices, with a focus on nutrition financing.

Before joining R4D, Ms. McCarter worked for the World Health Organization (WHO) European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases’ nutrition team conducting research on sugar reduction policies in the region. Her work served as the background material for member states prior to the formulation of the 2022 European Sugar and Calorie Reduction Network.

She has also served as the Indigenous Peoples’ liaison intern for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations where she worked closely with both the North American Liaison Office in D.C. and the Indigenous Peoples Technical Unit in Rome during the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and Pre-Summit, and as a research analyst for the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) database examining the impact of climate hazards on culture and diet throughout the ethnographic record.

Abbe holds a master’s degree in public health nutrition from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a certificate in food systems, the environment, and public health from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and a BS in anthropology and human biology from Emory University.

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“How can innovations advance the nutrition data revlolution?” took place on March 28, 2022. During this webinar, DataDENT shared its recent scoping review of trends and opportunities in the nutrition data innovation landscape. Speakers from Fraym, Terre des Hommes and Sanku-Project Healthy Children showcased real-world examples of innovations and discuss their experiences on scaling and the potential of innovations to address nutrition data gaps. Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy (ANH) shared reflections on ethical dimensions related to the production and use of data which are critical for all stakeholders to keep in mind.

Speakers:

• Yashodhara Rana (Results for Development Associate Director)
• Melissa Persaud (Fraym)
• Riccardo Lampariello (Terre des Hommes)
• Felix Brooks-church (Sanku-Project Healthy Children)
• Thalia Sparling (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Moderated by: R4D Senior Fellow Muchiri Nyaggah (Executive Director of Local Development Research Institute)

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He has extensive experience in the use of health data to improve program design, implementation and evaluation and has played a role in promoting the use of data analysis and interpretation for policy review and reform. Has also has extensive experience in the use of survey and analytic methods in the design, management and evaluation of primary health service delivery programs.

He has worked and collaborated extensively with multi- and bilateral donors, PEPFAR, PVOs and NGOs, governments and private foundations. He has managed multi-million dollar contracts and supervised staff in a variety of project team settings. He is a strong and articulate advocate for public health programs and services and their ability to act as tools to achieve social equity and justice objectives.

He has more than 10 years of capacity building and teaching experience at the graduate school level where he was recognized by both faculty peers and students. He was selected as the Professor of the Year in 2002 by students at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and awarded the Thomas Sellers Faculty Award for Exemplifying the Ideals of Public Health at Emory University by his faculty peers in 1997.

From 2017-2018, he was the director of the Umatilla County Health Department in Umatilla County, Oregon, where was responsible for management and administration of the county’s $3.4 million per year health department budget and activities. As director, he was responsible for the delivery of 10 state-mandated programs and the county’s efforts with respect to public health modernization and accreditation.

Mr. Setzer currently serves as board member for the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation and Rural Equity Allies. He is also a member of GAVI’s Independent Review Committee.

Mr. Setzer has a BA from Haverford College and an MPH in epidemiology from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is fluent in English and French and conversant in Lingala and Tshiluba.

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At Results for Development (R4D), Ms. Opoku-Agyeman is a program officer on the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator project. She supports the work of the HSSA in Ghana by developing technical tools, concept notes, briefing materials, and other products as well as engaging stakeholders, planning and implementing activities.

Before joining R4D, Ms. Opoku-Agyeman consulted for the HSSA project, facilitating its support to Ghana’s COVID 19 response. She coordinated advisory cells formed by the presidential coordinator of the program, facilitated meetings with stakeholders, conducted research and developed briefing notes.

Ms. Opoku-Agyeman started her career in program coordination, generating data and reports for monitoring and evaluation. After completing her graduate studies, she helped implement a project on HIV. She has volunteered for the women’s mentorship program of Vital Voices in Ghana. She has also volunteered in to promote reproductive and sexual health among Ghanaian teenagers.

Ms. Opoku-Agyeman holds a master’s degree in public health from Umeå University in Sweden, and a BSc in biological sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She speaks fluent English, and is a native speaker of Twi, the Ghanaian language.

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Before joining full-time at R4D (Results for Development), Ms. Farina was an intern on the R4D nutrition team. Currently, as senior program associate, she supports the DataDENT project on research and advocacy efforts to strengthen the nutrition data value chain through innovation and improved data systems.

Before joining R4D, Ms. Farina was a data coordinator on the COVID-19 team at Partners in Health. In this role, she performed data-related activities to support the Massachusetts contact tracing initiative including conducting data analysis to monitor the program, training staff on data quality and use, and supporting data cleaning activities.

Ms. Farina also worked with the Zambian Governance Foundation in Lusaka, Zambia to conduct research on the human resources for health shortage. She developed a policy recommendation to advocate for a formal diaspora policy which will allow the health sector to tap into the resource potential of Zambians living abroad.

Ms. Farina holds a BS in global and public health sciences with a minor in health policy from Cornell University.

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Ms. Nyaku is the nutrition practice senior program director at Results for Development (R4D), where she oversees a diverse nutrition portfolio at the country, regional and global levels. She leads strategic development initiatives which delivers technical assistance emphasizing partnerships with local or regional institutions to facilitate and support country led change processes, promote regional learnings and technical support networks, and ensure that country and regional actors and evidence are prioritized or play a bigger role in global processes.

Throughout her career, Ms. Nyaku has supported countries build capacities of country change agents from government and civil society for the prevention and management of malnutrition.

Prior to R4D, Ms. Nyaku was the technical advisor with the Alive and Thrive Program at FHI360 where she worked with the Nigeria program to develop and launch the Start Strong behavior change communication program implemented in 11 states. Start Strong has since become a government national program being scaled up to other states. She also coordinated the USAID Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition Program in 12 African countries which resulted in the development and use of evidence-based approaches and tools for community and health facility-based nutrition services and strengthening of nutrition services in routine health systems.

Ms. Nyaku is currently a member of the American Society of Nutrition.

Ms. Nyaku holds a bachelor of arts degree in home science and sociology with the University of Ghana, and a public health graduate certificate with Tulane University, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Ms. Andridge has eight years of experience conducting policy research and project management for food security and global health programs in international development and humanitarian assistance with NGOs and the U.S. government. She has worked in South Africa, India and the United States to support food and nutrition security and global health programming that serves the most vulnerable.

Before joining R4D, Ms. Andridge was a U.S. policy specialist with USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and Office of Food for Peace, providing substantive policy analysis and guidance to inform USAID’s humanitarian assistance and resilience programming. She also worked as an international development consultant with Oxfam America and Oxfam India, evaluating the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative in Ethiopia and Senegal and Oxfam’s global Behind the Brands campaign in India, Malawi, and Ghana. She served as a 2016-17 Princeton in Africa Fellow as an HIV Prevention Analyst with the Clinton Health Access Initiative in South Africa to reduce HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women; researched the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); and supported the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Department of Policy and Evaluation in Washington, DC.

Ms. Andridge holds a master’s degree in global affairs with a specialization in sustainable development from the University of Notre Dame, and a bachelor’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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As a program officer at Results for Development, Ms. Pastor provides technical and program management assistance for Frontier Health Markets Engage (FHM Engage). Within this role, Ms. Pastor leads core work activities, working with local partners on aligning understanding and building sustainability and capacity in the market development approach (MDA) and expanding existing knowledge on regulation on family planning and maternal and child health to align MDA. Areas of expertise include qualitative research, health financing, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), collaborative learning and health systems strengthening .

Prior to joining R4D, Ms. Pastor was a program associate at International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI) where she supported two projects. The first centered on post-EVD Ebola recovery response activities with a goal of supporting countries building back economic and social systems after the outbreak. The second identified priority behaviors and solution pathways for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and its partner countries to design new interventions related to energy, education, WASH and education. Before joining IBTCI, Ms. Pastor worked on her master’s thesis on commercial complementary foods among food insecure countries in Latin America.

Ms. Pastor holds a master’s degree in global health from ISGlobal-University of Barcelona and a BS in Kinesiology with a concentration in Public Health and a minor in Anthropology from The College of William and Mary. She is a native speaker of English and Spanish and speaks conversational French and Italian.

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