Consolidating and Prioritising Nutrition Research in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Description of Project:

The research aimed firstly to ascertain on-going nutrition research in Myanmar and Rakhine State in particular, including on aetiology of malnutrition, wasting, kwashiorkor and stunting trends, and on effective identification and management of malnutrition, to identify research gaps, and secondly, to identify the key research questions on the effective management of malnutrition, including wasting, stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, in all vulnerable groups including infants, children under five years of age, school-age children, adolescents, women of reproductive age and pregnant and lactating women (PLW).

While nutrition programming tended to focus on children under 5 years of age (including infants), this exercise also included school-age children, adolescents and women of reproductive age more broadly.

MKE implemented the following tasks:

●        Held a kick-off meeting between MKE research team and HARP-F team

●        Compiled and analysed secondary data sources

●        Finalised interview questionnaire for KIIs

●        Finalised survey template to rank nutrition research questions and code on Kobo Toolbox

●        Mobilised stakeholders to engage in KIIs and survey

●        Submitted Inception Report (3-5 pages plus annexes of questionnaire and template)

●        Conducted 15 remote stakeholder KIIs to prioritise nutrition research questions

●        Conducted survey with wider stakeholder group to rank nutrition research questions

●        Conducted data cleaning, transcription, analysis and report writing

●  Presented findings to HARP-F team