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Zakari Ali

MSc

Research Degree Student

MRC Unit
Altantic Road
Fajara
United Kingdom

Zakari is a staff PhD student based at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM.

Affiliations

Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health

Research

Zakari's research focuses on food system adaptation to climate change in West Africa using The Gambia as a case country. Zakari works on the FACE-Africa project that seeks to co-create food system solutions to climate change working with various stakeholders in food, agriculture, policymakers and local farmers.

Research Area
Child health
Climate change
Maternal health
Public health
Adolescent health
Agriculture
Food
Discipline
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Disease and Health Conditions
Malnutrition
Country
Ghana
The Gambia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)

Selected Publications

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
2023
PLoS One
Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia.
Ali Z; Scheelbeek PFD; Felix J; Jallow B; Palazzo A; Segnon AC; Havlík P; Prentice AM; Green R
2022
Environmental research letters
Grassroots and Youth-Led Climate Solutions From The Gambia.
Bonell A; Badjie J; Jammeh S; Ali Z; Hydara M; Davies A; Faal M; Ahmed AN; Hand W; Prentice AM
2022
Frontiers in Public Health
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review
Carr TW; Mkuhlani S; Segnon AC; Ali Z; Zougmoré R; Dangour AD; Green R; Scheelbeek P
2022
Environmental research letters
Changes in Climate Vulnerability and Projected Water Stress of The Gambia's Food Supply Between 1988 and 2018: Trading With Trade-Offs.
Hadida G; Ali Z; Kastner T; Carr TW; Prentice AM; Green R; Scheelbeek P
2022
Frontiers in public health
Nutritional status of school-age children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries across seven global regions: a synthesis of scoping reviews.
Wrottesley SV; Mates E; Brennan E; Bijalwan V; Menezes R; Ray S; Ali Z; Yarparvar A; Sharma D; Lelijveld N
2022
Public health nutrition
Characteristics of Distinct Dietary Patterns in Rural Bangladesh: Nutrient Adequacy and Vulnerability to Shocks.
Ali Z; Scheelbeek PFD; Sanin KI; Thomas TS; Ahmed T; Prentice AM; Green R
2021
Nutrients
The Role of Nutrition in COVID-19 Susceptibility and Severity of Disease: A Systematic Review.
James PT; Ali Z; Armitage AE; Bonell A; Cerami C; Drakesmith H; Jobe M; Jones KS; Liew Z; Moore SE
2021
The Journal of Nutrition
Long-term impact of West African food system responses to COVID-19.
Ali Z; Green R; Zougmoré RB; Mkuhlani S; Palazzo A; Prentice AM; Haines A; Dangour AD; Scheelbeek PF
2020
NATURE FOOD
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