mapping & benchmarking of policies
assessing & improving food environments
leveraging digital solutions & local networks
FoodSAMSA is a three-year project that aims to address malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, unhealthy diets and obesity, by assessing its determinants and by exploring interventions at the macro (policy), the meso (community) and the micro (interpersonal) level.
As part of the project, we will
adapt existing approaches for assessing and improving food environments to circumstances that are typical of countries facing a double burden of over- and undernutrition
implement them in South Africa, and
strengthen capacities and expand existing regional networks to support food environment and food systems research and action across Sub-Saharan Africa
Chronic Disease Initiative for Africa is a network of multidisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academic and research institutions in South Africa
In the FoodSAMSA consortium Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is represented through its Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research
In the consortium, SAMRC is represented by the Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit that formulate & apply integrated programmes of research & capacity development
The School of Public Health of the University of the Western Cape is one of the leading schools of public health in Sub-Saharan Africa and has a track record of world-class research.
