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Silver Nanema

University of Waterloo, School of Public Health Science

Thesis: Using Agent Based Modelling for Informing Canadian’s City-Level Datary Strategies with Consideration for Social Equity.

Research Interests and Future Goals: Food Systems, Corporate-Political Activities, Social Equity.

Fun fact about you: I love traveling and food. I report on some of key moments under “memories” tab on my website.

Explore Silver’s work below:

  • Liguori, J., Osei-Kwasi, H. A., Savy, M., Nanema, S., Laar, A., & Holdsworth, M. (2023). Public Procurement for School Meal Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Nutritional Outcomes, Implementation Challenges and Programme Enablers. Proceedings. https://doi.org/PROSPERO 2022 CRD42022354440 (Submitted) 
  • Laar, A., Amoah, J. M., Massawudu, L. M., Kingsley, Yeboah-Nkrumah, A.,  Amevinya G. S., Nanema S., … Sandaare, S. (2023). Making food-related health taxes palatable in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Ghana. BMJ Global Health, 8(Suppl 8), e012154–e012154. READ 
  • Nanema S, Adjei A, Amevinya GS and Laar A (2022) “Some are healthy and others not”: Characterization of vended food products by Accra-based food retailers. READ
  • Amevinya GS, Vandevijvere S, Kelly B, Afagbedzi SK, Aryeetey R, Adjei AP, Quarpong W, Tandoh A, Nanema S, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Asiki G, Holdsworth M and Laar A (2022) Advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages around primary and junior high schools in Ghana’s most urbanized and populous region.  READ
  • Laar, A. K., Addo, P., Aryeetey, R., Agyemang, C., Zotor, F., Asiki, G. Rampalli, K, Amevinya, G.S., Tandoh, A., Nanema, S., … & Holdsworth, M. (2022). Perspective: Food environment research priorities for Africa—Lessons from the Africa food environment research network. Advances in Nutrition, 13(3), 739-747.
  • Nanema S. Amevinya G.S., Laar A. (2023) Health Chapter: Committing to Transform Food Systems: Responsiveness of food systems transformation pledges by African governments to the WHO priority food systems policies and food-related CAADP Biennial Review Indicators.
  • Laar, A., Osei-Kwasi, H. A., Laar, M. E., Bosu, W. K., Nanema, S., Asiki, G., … & Vandevijvere, S. (2022). Monitoring food environments and systems for sustainable diets in Africa: Lessons from Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa. In Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets (pp. 673-691). Routledge.
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