A study on nutrition-sensitive social protection and its potential to enhance nutrition outcomes across the first 1,000 days in Central and Eastern Africa.
The ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Regional Bureau for Central and Eastern Africa in Nairobi requested the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) to conduct a study into the subject of nutrition-sensitive social protection and its potential to enhance nutrition outcomes across the first 1,000 days. The study aims to understand how social protection policies and programmes in the region, with a particular focus on social cash-based and in-kind transfers, can be utilized to positively impact nutritional indicators relevant to the first 1,000 days.
