Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam
Background Governments around the world collect food price data on a frequent basis, often monthly, for the purpose of monitoring inflation. These routine economic data can be used with a nutrition-sensitive lens for understanding economic access to a healthy diet. The United Nations Food and Agricu...
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| author | Herforth, Anna Whitson Gilbert, Rachel Sokourenko, Kristina Fatima, Tehreem Adeyemi, Olutayo Alemayehu, Dawit Arhin, Eunice Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Bai, Yan Chiosa, Imran Genye, Tirsit Haile, Hagos Jahangeer, Raja Kinabo, Joyce Mishili, Fulgence Nnabugwu, Chioma D. Nortey, John Ofosu-Baadu, Bernice Onabolu, Adeyinka Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Tessema, Masresha Van, Duong T. T. Venkat, Aishwarya Masters, William A. |
| author_browse | Adeyemi, Olutayo Alemayehu, Dawit Arhin, Eunice Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Bai, Yan Chiosa, Imran Fatima, Tehreem Genye, Tirsit Gilbert, Rachel Haile, Hagos Herforth, Anna Whitson Jahangeer, Raja Kinabo, Joyce Masters, William A. Mishili, Fulgence Nnabugwu, Chioma D. Nortey, John Ofosu-Baadu, Bernice Onabolu, Adeyinka Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Sokourenko, Kristina Tessema, Masresha Van, Duong T. T. Venkat, Aishwarya |
| author_facet | Herforth, Anna Whitson Gilbert, Rachel Sokourenko, Kristina Fatima, Tehreem Adeyemi, Olutayo Alemayehu, Dawit Arhin, Eunice Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Bai, Yan Chiosa, Imran Genye, Tirsit Haile, Hagos Jahangeer, Raja Kinabo, Joyce Mishili, Fulgence Nnabugwu, Chioma D. Nortey, John Ofosu-Baadu, Bernice Onabolu, Adeyinka Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Tessema, Masresha Van, Duong T. T. Venkat, Aishwarya Masters, William A. |
| author_sort | Herforth, Anna Whitson |
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| description | Background
Governments around the world collect food price data on a frequent basis, often monthly, for the purpose of monitoring inflation. These routine economic data can be used with a nutrition-sensitive lens for understanding economic access to a healthy diet. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has adopted the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) for annual tracking alongside other food security indicators. This indicator is relevant in many countries for informed decision-making and accountability toward food systems summit pathways. National governments may wish to include this indicator in their own monitoring systems, using existing subnational price and income data.
Objectives
We describe emerging systems in several countries for monitoring CoAHD and analytical tools that facilitate the calculation of CoAHD. We discuss reasons why the indicator may differ when calculated using subnational data compared with the global monitoring system and how to interpret differences.
Methods
Between June 2016 and February 2024, 19 workshops were held in 7 countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam), where stakeholder discussions covered sources of food price data, institutions involved, policy uses, and direct training in calculation of CoAHD. Food price data collected by national organizations were used to calculate CoAHD in partnership with government agencies.
Results
Calculating CoAHD using subnational data uses the same methods across settings, but the mechanisms for monitoring and dissemination are different in each country, illustrating heterogeneity in how the metric can most effectively be incorporated within existing structures. Results from national and global monitoring systems have expected differences based on data sources, healthy diet standards, and affordability standards.
Conclusions
CoAHD can be calculated with existing data and resources, facilitated by new software tools and user tutorials. In the future, it can be further streamlined, leveraging technical assistance from global institutions and aligning national and global monitoring systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1523942025-12-08T09:54:28Z Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam Herforth, Anna Whitson Gilbert, Rachel Sokourenko, Kristina Fatima, Tehreem Adeyemi, Olutayo Alemayehu, Dawit Arhin, Eunice Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Bai, Yan Chiosa, Imran Genye, Tirsit Haile, Hagos Jahangeer, Raja Kinabo, Joyce Mishili, Fulgence Nnabugwu, Chioma D. Nortey, John Ofosu-Baadu, Bernice Onabolu, Adeyinka Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Tessema, Masresha Van, Duong T. T. Venkat, Aishwarya Masters, William A. affordability capacity development food security food prices healthy diets Sustainable Development Goals Background Governments around the world collect food price data on a frequent basis, often monthly, for the purpose of monitoring inflation. These routine economic data can be used with a nutrition-sensitive lens for understanding economic access to a healthy diet. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has adopted the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) for annual tracking alongside other food security indicators. This indicator is relevant in many countries for informed decision-making and accountability toward food systems summit pathways. National governments may wish to include this indicator in their own monitoring systems, using existing subnational price and income data. Objectives We describe emerging systems in several countries for monitoring CoAHD and analytical tools that facilitate the calculation of CoAHD. We discuss reasons why the indicator may differ when calculated using subnational data compared with the global monitoring system and how to interpret differences. Methods Between June 2016 and February 2024, 19 workshops were held in 7 countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam), where stakeholder discussions covered sources of food price data, institutions involved, policy uses, and direct training in calculation of CoAHD. Food price data collected by national organizations were used to calculate CoAHD in partnership with government agencies. Results Calculating CoAHD using subnational data uses the same methods across settings, but the mechanisms for monitoring and dissemination are different in each country, illustrating heterogeneity in how the metric can most effectively be incorporated within existing structures. Results from national and global monitoring systems have expected differences based on data sources, healthy diet standards, and affordability standards. Conclusions CoAHD can be calculated with existing data and resources, facilitated by new software tools and user tutorials. In the future, it can be further streamlined, leveraging technical assistance from global institutions and aligning national and global monitoring systems. 2024-10 2024-09-25T17:51:33Z 2024-09-25T17:51:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152394 en Open Access Elsevier Herforth, Anna Whitson; Gilbert, Rachel; Sokourenko, Kristina; Fatima, Tehreem; Adeyemi, Olutayo; Alemayehu, Dawit; et al. 2024. Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam. Current Developments in Nutrition 8(10): 104441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104441 |
| spellingShingle | affordability capacity development food security food prices healthy diets Sustainable Development Goals Herforth, Anna Whitson Gilbert, Rachel Sokourenko, Kristina Fatima, Tehreem Adeyemi, Olutayo Alemayehu, Dawit Arhin, Eunice Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Bai, Yan Chiosa, Imran Genye, Tirsit Haile, Hagos Jahangeer, Raja Kinabo, Joyce Mishili, Fulgence Nnabugwu, Chioma D. Nortey, John Ofosu-Baadu, Bernice Onabolu, Adeyinka Sarpong, Daniel Bruce Tessema, Masresha Van, Duong T. T. Venkat, Aishwarya Masters, William A. Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title | Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title_full | Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title_short | Monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within Countries: Building systems in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam |
| title_sort | monitoring the cost and affordability of a healthy diet within countries building systems in ethiopia ghana malawi nigeria pakistan tanzania and viet nam |
| topic | affordability capacity development food security food prices healthy diets Sustainable Development Goals |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152394 |
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