2. Study sites
Given the global dimensions, complexity and rapid increase of urban poverty and malnutrition, urban and/or periurban communities were selected as study sites in nearly all of the six participating countries through the following institutional links:
China:
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine
Egypt:
National Nutrition Institute
Indonesia:
Ghana:
National NGO's
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Myanmar:
South Africa: