Dr Zakari Ali

Research Fellow in Epidemiology

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Atlantic Boulevard
Fajara
Gambia

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I am a Research Fellow working on Climate and Health at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM. My research interests are in food systems sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa. I completed my PhD at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), working on food systems resilience in low income settings. I also previously completed the MSc Nutrition for Global Health at LSHTM in 2019. I am a Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr.) with the Association for Nutrition, UK

Affiliations

MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

Teaching

I supervise MSc student projects on themes around nutrition, food systems and climate change. I also examine MSc taught modules and final exams on the MSc Nutrition for Global Health course.

Research

I currently work as Climate and Health Fellow on the Wellcome Trust funded Lancet Countdown project contributing to efforts to establish an African Regional Centre on Climate Change and Health.

I was the local project lead on the Wellcome Trust funded project on food system adaptations to climate change – Africa (FACE-Africa) which sought to co-create food system solutions to climate change working with various stakeholders in food, agriculture, policymakers and local farmers.

Research Area

Agriculture

Child health

Climate change

Food

Public health

Epidemiology

Nutrition

Disease and Health Conditions

Malnutrition

Country

Bangladesh

Gambia

Ghana

Region

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms.

Romanello, M; Napoli, CD; Green, C; Kennard, H; Lampard, P; Scamman, D; Walawender, M; ALI, Z; Ameli, N; Ayeb-Karlsson, S; Beggs, PJ; Belesova, K; Berrang Ford, L; Bowen, K; Cai, W; Callaghan, M; Campbell-Lendrum, D; Chambers, J; Cross, TJ; Van Daalen, KR; Dalin, C; Dasandi, N; Dasgupta, S; Davies, M; Dominguez-Salas, P; ... Costello, A.

2023

Lancet (London, England)

Socio-economic and food system drivers of nutrition and health transitions in The Gambia from 1990 to 2017.

ALI, Z; SCHEELBEEK, PF D; Dalzell, S; HADIDA, G; Segnon, AC; M'boob, S; PRENTICE, AM; GREEN, R;

2023

Global Food Security

Nutrition of School-Aged Children and Adolescents in Europe and Central Asia Region: A Literature and Survey Review.

Mates, E; Lelijveld, N; ALI, Z; Sadler, K; Yarparvar, A; Walters, T; Brown, R; Rodriques, B;

2023

Food and nutrition bulletin

Research priorities for nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

LELIJVELD, N; Wrottesley, SV; Aburmishan, D; Hemler, EC; Fentahun, N; ALI, Z; Menezes, R; Roche, M; Sharma, D; Wazny, K; Ross, DA; Sethi, V; Mates, E;

2023

PLoS One

Equity in planetary health education initiatives.

BONELL, A; Badjie, J; Faal, LB; Jammeh, S; ALI, Z; Hydara, M; Davies, A; Faal, M; Ahmed, AN; Hand, W; PRENTICE, AM; MURRAY, KA; SCHEELBEEK, P;

2023

The Lancet. Planetary health

Climate change adaptation options to inform planning of agriculture and food systems in The Gambia: A systematic approach for stocktaking

Segnon, AC; Zougmoré, RB; GREEN, R; ALI, Z; CARR, TW; Houessionon, P; M'boob, S; SCHEELBEEK, PF D;

2022

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia.

ALI, Z; SCHEELBEEK, PF D; Felix, J; Jallow, B; Palazzo, A; Segnon, AC; Havlík, P; PRENTICE, AM; GREEN, R;