Prof. Richmond Aryeetey

Education:

2003-2007       Ph.D. (Human Nutritional Sciences)

2001-2002       Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

1994-1999       B.Sc. (Nutrition and Food Science)

Qualification:

Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

School of Public health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

Biography (Max 300 Words). Please include expertise and research interest

Professor Richmond Aryeetey is a Public Health Nutrition Specialist and Head of the Population, Family, and Reproductive Health Department at the University of Ghana. He has been with the School of Public Health since 2007. He has a PhD in Human Nutrition from Iowa State University (Ames, USA) and both Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Public Health from the University of Ghana. His research focuses on Food systems and Nutrition policy, with emphasis on the diet and nutrition on infants and young children. He has extensive experience in conducting policy and field research related to optimizing infant and young feeding in various contexts in and outside Ghana. He teaches courses in Public Health Nutrition, Food Security and Malnutrition, Nutrition Rehabilitation and Nutrition Interventions. Professor Aryeetey is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Co-Chair of the Task Team for Ghana’s first Food-Based Dietary Guidelines. He is also a Co-Chair of the WHO Guidelines Development Committee on the upcoming Global Guidelines on Complementary feeding. He has over 130 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Working Experience

Selected (Recent) Publications – All Publications to date

1. Waarts, Y.R., Janssen, V., Aryeetey, R. et al. Multiple pathways towards achieving a living income for different types of smallholder tree-crop commodity farmers. Food Sec. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01220-5

2. Nisbett N, Friel S, Aryeetey R, Gomes FDS, Harris J, Backholer K, Baker P, Blue Bird Jernigan V, Phulkerd S. Equity and expertise in the UN Food Systems Summit. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jul;6(7):e006569. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006569.

3. Laar A, Kelly B, Holdsworth M, Quarpong W, Aryeetey R, Amevinya GS, Tandoh A, Agyemang C, Zotor F, Laar ME, Mensah K, Laryea D, Asiki G, Pradeilles R, Sellen D, L'Abbe MR, Vandevijvere S. Providing Measurement, Evaluation, Accountability, and Leadership Support (MEALS) for Non-communicable Diseases Prevention in Ghana: Project Implementation Protocol. Front Nutr. 2021 Aug 18;8:644320. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.644320.

4. Aryeetey, R., Atuobi-Yeboah, A., Billings, L. et al. Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018). Food Sec. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01232-1

5. Randall, A. K., Leon, G., Basili, E., Martos, T., Boiger, M., Baldi, M., Hocker, L., Kline, K., Masturzi, A., Aryeetey, R., Bar-Kalifa, E., Boon, S. D., Botella, L., Burke, T., Carnelley, K., Carr, A., Dash, A., Fitriana, M., Gaines, S. O., … Chiarolanza, C. (2021). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211034236

6. Akparibo R, Aryeetey RNO, Asamane EA, Osei-Kwasi HA, Ioannou E, Infield Solar G, Cormie V, Pereko KK, Amagloh FK, Caton SJ, Cecil JE. Food Security in Ghanaian Urban Cities: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Nutrients. 2021; 13(10):3615. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103615

7. Pradeilles R, Irache A, Wanjohi MN, Holdsworth M, Laar A, Zotor F, Tandoh A, Klomegah S, Graham F, Muthuri SK, Kimani-Murage EW, Coleman N, Green MA, Osei-Kwasi HA, Bohr M, Rousham EK, Asiki G, Akparibo R, Mensah K, Aryeetey R, Bricas N, Griffiths P. Urban physical food environments drive dietary behaviours in Ghana and Kenya: A photovoice study. Health Place. 2021 Sep;71:102647. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102647.

8. Odei Obeng-Amoako GA, Karamagi CAS, Nangendo J, Okiring J, Kiirya Y, Aryeetey R, Mupere E, Myatt M, Briend A, Kalyango JN, Wamani H. Factors associated with concurrent wasting and stunting among children 6-59 months in Karamoja, Uganda. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13074. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13074.

9. Osei-Kwasi HA, Laar A, Zotor F, Pradeilles R, Aryeetey R, Green M, Griffiths P, Akparibo R, Wanjohi MN, Rousham E, Barnes A, Booth A, Mensah K, Asiki G, Kimani-Murage E, Bricas N, Holdsworth M. The African urban food environment framework for creating healthy nutrition policy and interventions in urban Africa. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 22;16(4):e0249621. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249621.

10. Aryeetey R, Covic N. A Review of Leadership and Capacity Gaps in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Policies and Strategies for Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Food Nutr Bull. 2020 Sep;41(3):380-396. doi: 10.1177/0379572120949305.

Link to published work in Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1pweSdxPjJh/bibliography/public/

Link to published work in Google scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bCxN6xsAAAAJ&hl=en

Link to Published work in Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24484680900

Ongoing Projects

Title

Role on the Project

Duration of the Project

Funder

Best Practices Intervention Study

Lead Investigator

18 months

Family Larsson Rosenquist Foundation

An Anglophone-Francophone network linking scholars and non-academic change agents to enhance health equity and sustainable inclusive growth in rural West Africa

Co-Lead Investigator

3 years

Funded by International Development Research Centre

Finalization of National Food-based Dietary guidelines   

Lead Investigator

12 months

WFP, Ghana

Development of Implementation Strategy (National Food Based Dietary Guidelines)

Lead Investigator

12 months

FAO, Rome

Landscape analysis of Nutrition enabling Environment.

Lead Investigator

2020-2021

UNICEF, Ghana

Using Trials of Improved Practices to Strengthen Infant and Young Child Feeding Programming in Ghana.

Lead Investigator.

2019-2021

UNICEF-Ghana

A network of interdisciplinary, solution-oriented researchers to improve the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of adolescent girls and women farmers in rural Ghana.

Co-Investigator.

2017-2021

Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Program

Measuring the healthiness of Ghanaian children’s food environments to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases. CAD $ 521,300

Co-investigator

2019-2022

IDRC