I work with the team on the Micronutrient Action Policy Support (MAPS) project in the Nutrition Group. My role involves utilising open-sourced, nationally representative data (Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES) data) to estimate dietary nutrient supplies and model the effectiveness and equitability of large-scale food fortification programs in Tanzania.
Affiliations
Teaching
In LSHTM, I am contributing to the modules of the Basic Statistics for Clinical Trials in MSc Public Health by Distance Learning and Fundamental Public Health Nutrition in MSc Nutrition for Global Health.
Research
I undertook the project “Estimating Food Consumption, Micronutrient Intake, and the Contribution of Large-Scale Food Fortification to Micronutrient Adequacy in Tanzania” with funding from USAID Advancing Nutrition and coordination by John Snow Institute, working with the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC). This project aimed to process recent HCES data from Tanzania to model dietary nutrient supplies and the potential effectiveness of a priority food fortification intervention. Additionally, the project aimed to build capacity at TFNC to utilize HCES data for developing national food fortification strategies and other nutrition-related objectives. I conducted training to build the capacity for basic statistical analyses in the R environment, calculated descriptive statistics on food and nutrient consumption using HCES data, and emphasized the value of HCES data for informing food fortification strategy development.
Selected Publications
