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ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2022

Decisions to Start, Strengthen, and Sustain Food Fortification Programs: An Application of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) Evidence to Decision (EtD) Framework in Nigeria.

Valerie M Friesen, Mduduzi N N Mbuya, Frank T Wieringa, Chito N Nelson, Michael Ojo, Lynnette M Neufeld

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Article in Current developments in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Frameworks to support evidence-informed decision-making in public health and infectious disease prevention and control: a scoping review.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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  4. Users' experience of frameworks to support evidence-informed decision-making in public health: a scoping review.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Valerie M FriesenKnowledge Leadership, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-9410
Mduduzi N N MbuyaKnowledge Leadership, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Washington, DC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1230-2367
Frank T WieringaFood, Nutrition, Health, UMR QualiSud, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Montpellier, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6010-355X
Chito N NelsonFood and Nutrition Division, Department of Social Development, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Abuja, Nigeria.
Michael OjoGlobal Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Abuja, Nigeria.
Lynnette M NeufeldKnowledge Leadership, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2652-9108

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Although the potential impact of food fortification to improve the micronutrient status of populations has been demonstrated beyond a doubt, it is constrained in practice by critical gaps in program design and implementation. These are partly linked to suboptimal decision making. Objectives: We aimed to demonstrate how the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework for health system and public health decisions can be applied to formulate recommendations and make decisions in national food fortification programming. Methods: Following a program impact pathway, we reviewed the literature to define the key decision types and identify the corresponding decision makers necessary for designing and implementing effective food fortification programs. We then applied the GRADE EtD framework to the Nigerian fortification program to illustrate how evidence-informed assessments and conclusions can be made. Results: Fortification program decisions were classified into 5 types: Conclusions: This framework is a practical tool to strengthen decision-making processes in fortification programs. Using evidence in a systematic and transparent way for decision making can improve fortification program design, delivery, and ultimately health impacts.

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decision makingEvidence to Decisionfood fortificationGRADENigeriarecommendations

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PMID35261958
PMCPMC8894290

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