Jevaise Aballo

About

I am a highly motivated, proactive and innovative Public Health Nutritionist (Registered Associate Nutritionist, ANur, AfN, UKVRN) with over 15 years’ experience in nutrition programming in both emergency and development contexts with a focus on maternal, child, school age and adolescent Nutrition.

I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Nutrition from the University for Development Studies, Ghana and a Master of Science degree in Public Health Nutrition from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

My area of research is childhood, adolescent and maternal nutrition; Food and nutrition security; public health; and nutritional epidemiology

Employment

• UNICEF Nutrition Officer
  2019 - Present
• MEDAIR Nutrition Project Manager
  2017 - 2019
• Ghana Health Service Senior Nutrition Officer
  2008 - 2017

Education

• Royal Tropical Institute Certificate in Using Geographic Information Systems for Global Health
  2020 - 2020
• Sheffield Hallam University MSc. Nutrition with Public Health Management
  2015 - 2016
• University for Development Studies BSC. Community Nutrition
  2004 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• The School Food Environment in Ghana is Associated With Dietary Diversity and Anemia: Findings From the 2022 National Nutrition and Health Survey of In-School Adolescents
  Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2025 DOI: 10.1177/03795721251348343
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• Trimester-specific trends in gestational anaemia and associations with neonatal outcomes: a retrospective facility-based study in Ghana
  Discover Public Health 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00561-2
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• Infant and young child feeding practices among mothers in the pilot Micronutrient Powder Initiative in four geographically and ethnically diverse districts in Ghana
  PLOS ONE 2024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307961
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• The Ghana School Food Environment Is Associated With Dietary Diversity and Anemia: Findings From the 2022 National Nutrition and Health Survey of In-School Adolescents
  Current Developments in Nutrition 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102954
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• Comparison of venous and pooled capillary hemoglobin levels for the detection of anemia among adolescent girls
  Frontiers in Nutrition 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1360306
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• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food availability and affordability: an interrupted time series analysis in Ghana
  BMC Public Health 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18745-x
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• A descriptive analysis of the coverage of newborn care services among women who delivered in health facilities in 17 sub-Saharan African countries
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05592-8
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• Risk of adverse newborn outcomes among women who experienced physical and psychological intimate partner abuse during pregnancy in Ghana's northern region
  Heliyon 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15391
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• Lessons learned from implementing the pilot Micronutrient Powder Initiative in four districts in Ghana
  BMC Nutrition 2020 DOI: 10.1186/s40795-020-00382-3
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