Recent Major Projects

Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project “SNAP-Tz”. This was a randomized control trial in 20 villages in Singida, Tanzania. We tested if a participatory, agroecological peer farmer-led education intervention could be effective at improving legume production, food security, and infant and young child feeding practices. See more here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02761876.

Pith Moromo “More feeding”. This was an observational study in western Kenya in which we sought to understand the potential role and importance of food insecurity on the physical and psychosocial health and nutritional status of HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant and lactating women. See more here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02974972.

Pii en Ngima study “Water is life”. This was a follow-up study to Pith Moromo. In this observational study in western Kenya in which we implemented a household-level water insecurity scale validated for this region. We are assessing a range of outcomes linked to water insecurity, such as HIV outcomes, hydration status, maternal depression, stress, food insecurity, and child cognitive development. See more at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02979418.

Food insecurity, Nutrition, and Psychosocial Health Among Women of Mixed HIV Status and Their Infants in Gulu, Uganda (“Pre- and Post-NAPS”). This was an observational study among a pregnancy cohort in northern Uganda. The primary scientific objective was to determine whether food insecurity was an independent risk factor for poor maternal nutritional or psychosocial outcomes or for sub-optimal infant feeding practices. See more at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02922829https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02925429