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
Adherence to EAT-Lancet dietary recommendations for health and sustainability in the Gambia.
2022
Environmental research letters
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for crops in West Africa: a systematic review
2022
Environmental research letters
The Role of Nutrition in COVID-19 Susceptibility and Severity of Disease: A Systematic Review.
2021
The Journal of Nutrition