Optima Nutrition is a quantitative tool that can provide practical advice to governments to assist with the allocation of current or projected budgets across nutrition programs. The model contains a geospatial component to determine funding allocations that minimize stunting, wasting, anaemia or under-5 mortality at both the national and sub-national levels.
The model estimates the impact and cost-effectiveness a variety of vitamin supplementation programs, infant and young child feeding education, treatment of severe acute malnutrition, treatment and prevention of diarrhoea, fortification of foods, water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), family planning and malaria prevention interventions.
Optima Nutrition can answer the following types of questions:
The Optima Nutrition software was conceptualised and developed by the Optima Consortium for Decision Science with technical input from the World Bank, and is owned by Optima Consortium for Decision Science, Ltd.
2017–ongoing.
Diagram of Optima Nutrition factors.
How risk factors can affect infant mortality.
This document is a step-by-step guide to setting up and running Optima Nutrition analyses. The skills and familiarity gained will allow users to customise and apply the software to a variety of epidemiological and policy contexts.
Optima Nutrition user guide [PDF 2.3 MB]This table describes intervention target populations and effects.
Optima data inputs guide [PDF 132.5 kB]Presentation slides from a 3-day training for Optima Nutrition.
Nutrition allocative efficiency analysis training materials English [PDF 3.6 MB]Powerpoint slides from a 3-day training for Optima Nutrition in French.
Nutrition allocative efficiency analysis training materials French [PDF 4.2 MB]Powerpoint slides from a 3-day training for Optima Nutrition in Spanish.
Nutrition allocative efficiency analysis training materials Spanish [PDF 2.1 MB]BMC Public Health
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