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The People of Traditional Markets: EatSafe's Story Sourcing in Hawassa, Ethiopia

The People of Traditional Markets: EatSafe's Story Sourcing in Hawassa, Ethiopia

- 15/10/2022

EatSafe conducted a Story Sourcing activity, or the semi-formal process that uses journalistic techniques to gather stories directly from the audience of interest, to gather stories from traditional food market vendors and consumers in Hawassa, Ethiopia.
EatSafe Interventions in Nigeria

EatSafe Interventions in Nigeria

- 06/09/2022

To increase consumer demand for improved food safety, EatSafe is testing four interventions that seek to change consumers and vendor behaviors in two traditional food markets in Northwestern Nigeria.
EatSafe Innovation Challenge: Finalists and Winners

EatSafe Innovation Challenge: Finalists and Winners

- 10/02/2023

The 2022 EatSafe Innovation Challenge received 700 applications from students, researchers, and entrepreneurs with ideas how to adapt food system innovations to traditional food markets contexts and along value chains to solve food safety issues in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
Qualitative Behavioral Research on Traditional Food Markets in Kebbi State, Nigeria

Qualitative Behavioral Research on Traditional Food Markets in Kebbi State, Nigeria

- 22/07/2022

EatSafe conducted focus group discussions and individual interviews with vendors and consumers to understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to food safety behaviors in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
 Report Recommending Food Safety Additions to the Food Systems Dashboard

Report Recommending Food Safety Additions to the Food Systems Dashboard

- 08/08/2022

In this report, EatSafe addresses the gap of food safety data within the Food Systems Dashboard (FSD) by identifying indicators relevant to national food safety systems, assess the availability of data sources, and develops a systematic, quantitative scheme to evaluate indicators against FSD inclusion criteria.
EatSafe in Ethiopia: Food Safety Stakeholder Reports

EatSafe in Ethiopia: Food Safety Stakeholder Reports

- 12/07/2022

During program startup in Ethiopia, EatSafe identified and gauged stakeholders’ interest and influence in food safety. EatSafe then convened a series of events to engage these stakeholders at local and national levels prior to intervention implementation.
Food safety at GAIN

Food safety at GAIN

- 28/06/2022

Achieving optimal health and nutrition requires people to be both well-nourished and free from foodborne hazards. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has long recognized the importance of integrating food safety to achieve global nutrition and food security goals. 
Safe food is a right, a responsibility and an opportunity for action

Safe food is a right, a responsibility and an opportunity for action

This year's World Food Safety Day, we celebrate the World Health Assembly’s recent agreement to adopt the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety.
Food Safety Attitudes and Practices in Traditional Markets in Nigeria: A Quantitative Formative Assessment

Food Safety Attitudes and Practices in Traditional Markets in Nigeria: A Quantitative Formative Assessment

- 31/05/2022

To understand knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to food safety behaviors, EatSafe surveyed nearly 1,000 consumers and vendors in Kebbi State, Nigeria, as well as structured observations of vendor behaviors.
GAIN Statement @ World Health Assembly 75

GAIN Statement @ World Health Assembly 75

Today GAIN presents its statement on food safety to the 75th World Health Assembly taking place in Geneva. GAIN aims to make nutritious safe foods more desirable, available, and affordable for all. The new WHO global strategy for food safety launched today is an important milestone in linking the objectives of food safety, nutrition, and smart development, for if food isn’t safe, it isn’t food.

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