The COVID-19 pandemic placed hygiene at the centre of disease prevention. Yet, access to
the levels of water supply that support good hand hygiene and institutional cleaning, our …

Cash transfers (CTs) are now high on the agenda of most governments in low-and middle-
income countries. Within the field of health promotion, CTs constitute a healthy public policy …

Food systems that deliver healthy diets without exceeding the planet's resources are
essential to achieve the worlds' ambitious development goals. Healthy diets need to be safe …

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson
Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN …

In Africa, state-sponsored cash transfer programs now reach nearly 50 million people. Do
these programs raise long-term living standards? We examine this question using …

Intervening in the food environment is critical to improve the diets and nutrition of children
and adolescents. Little is known about the most effective interventions targeting children and …

Background Cash transfer (CT) programmes are implemented widely to alleviate poverty
and provide safety nets to vulnerable households with children. However, evidence on the …

Safety nets are expanding in African countries as a policy instrument to alleviate poverty and
food insecurity. Whether safety nets have improved household food security and child diet …

Weak delivery systems reduce the potential of evidence-supported interventions to improve
nutrition. We synthesized the evidence for the effectiveness of nutrition-specific intervention …

Background Cash transfers, payments provided by formal or informal institutions to
recipients, are increasingly used in emergencies. While increasing autonomy and being …