On 18th September 2024, the Food Environment Research Network (FERN) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Food SAMSA Project, delivered the third installment of its webinar series. The event featured esteemed speakers, Nicole Holliday and A/Prof Peter Delobelle, who shared insights from their research efforts. FERN, a key initiative of the MEALS4NCDs project, has hosted online sessions […]

In a bid to equip researchers, scholars, and students with the essential skills for conducting effective reviews, a highly anticipated webinar on “Scoping Review Methodology” was jointly hosted by the Food Environment Research Network (FERN) and the Food-SAMSA project and presented by Carmen Klinger on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Carmen Klinger, a Research Associate and […]

FERN and FoodSAMSA are co-organizing a methodological webinar series aimed at advancing the understanding of methodological approaches useful in food environment research. This series is delivered ahead of FERN2023 expected to be held in November this year. The first of such series, titled “Spatial analysis of community nutrition and the local food environment” was delivered […]

The Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability and Leadership Support for NCDs prevention (MEALS4NCDs) Project with support from partners: International Network for Food and Obesity/Non-communicable Diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS), UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, Réseau de Recherche sur les Politiques et les Systèmes Alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest (REPSAO), Drivers of Food Choice (DFC) […]

Local, continental, and global food systems stakeholders will deliberate on African food environments and food systems at the 2nd Africa Food Environment Research Network (FERN) Meeting, to be held virtually on the 3rd, 10th, and 17th November 2021. The 2nd FERN meeting, dubbed #FERN2021, will build on the progress made from the first meeting, and leverage […]

Mary L’Abbé, CM, PhD has been selected as one of the 15 Fellows of the American Society of Nutrition (ASN), Class of 2021 Fellows. This is the highest honour ASN bestows, recognizing individuals for distinguished careers in the field of nutrition. As an expert in public health nutrition, nutrition policy, and food and nutrition regulations, […]

The Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability and Leadership Support for NCDs prevention Project (MEALS4NCDs Project),  the African Food Environment Research Network (FERN) and other African Regional Actors (including  the African Population and Health Research Center, Réseau de Recherche sur les Politiques et les Systèmes Alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest”, African Nutrition Society, Federation of African Nutrition Societies, Coalition of […]

The MEALS4NCDs Project, presently being implemented by the University of Ghana, in collaboration with the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya, National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), France, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Scientific Institute of Public […]

The MEALS4NCDs Project is closely monitoring developments of the current global COVID-19 pandemic to determine how it may impact the FERN 2020 Meeting scheduled for September 1st to 2nd 2020 in Accra, Ghana. As a result of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases the host country (Ghana), the government of Ghana has placed temporary bans […]