Summary

Considering that poor health and nutrition during childhood and adolescence is associated with poor health outcomes during adulthood, a better understanding of nutrition and WASH challenges facing these two groups as well as current interventions/solutions put in place is required. In this policy brief we present findings from a study which aimed to assess: a. Policies and strategies that shape urban nutrition and WASH; b. Socio-cultural and economic factors that influence behaviors related to child nutrition in urban poor contexts as understood through available literature and data; c. Programs and initiatives that shape nutrition and WASH in urban poor areas; d. Key actors and platforms that influence nutrition of children in urban poor contexts; e. Formal/informal systems for healthcare related to child nutrition in urban poor contexts; f. Formal/informal systems for food in urban poor contexts and; g. Environmental factors that influence hazardous exposures that can adversely influence child nutrition in urban poor contexts.

Resource Type:

Year

2020

Network

Urban Health

Region

Africa

Country

Kenya

Language

English