CHild malnutrition & Adult NCD: Generating Evidence on mechanistic links to inform future policy/practice (CHANGE project)

£20.84M GBP

Funder	Medical Research Council
Recipient Organization	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Mar 01, 2021
End Date	Mar 30, 2025
Duration	1,490 days
Number of Grantees	16
Roles	Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator; Award Holder
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`MR/V000802/1`

Grant Description

THE PROBLEM:

Child malnutrition is a major global public health problem and includes both undernutrition and overweight/obesity. Wasting (low weight-for-height) is a particularly severe form of undernutrition. Affecting some 49 million children globally, it contributes to 900,000 deaths per year in children aged NCD programmes are succeeding.

All Grantees

Jimma University; Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Kuhes); London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Cambridge; University of the West Indies; University College London; University of Glasgow; University of Southampton; Armauer Hansen Research Institute; Ghent University