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Five years of nutrition learnings in Africa: Articles from ENN

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Read articles from 2019-2023 

In the context of the 5th FANUS Conference taking place in Dakar, Senegal, on 19-24 November 2023, we have collated field articles and reports published over the period 2019-2023 by ENN in Africa. Organised by theme and by country, this collection of over 100 articles from Field Exchange aims to capture five years of programming experiences and evidence related to nutrition across diverse contexts in Africa. 

Click here (English) or here (French) to access the list of articles. 

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Our flagship peer-to-peer publication, Field Exchange, publishes programmatic experiences and learning related to nutrition in high-burden contexts. Anyone can submit articles to Field Exchange, and we welcome suggestions for articles related to nutrition policy, programming and research at any time in French or English. Read more: https://www.ennonline.net/fex/writeforus 

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