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Grand Challenges

Grand Challenges

With initial funding from the Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) is establishing the Grand Challenges Nigeria (GCNg) Project. Grand Challenges is a family of initiatives across the world fostering innovation to solve key global health and development problems, with each initiative implemented as an experiment in the use of challenges to focus innovation on making an impact. Grand Challenges Nigeria (GCNg) joins this family of initiatives and will bring local country context to global innovations in health and development, serving as a strategic way to advance impactful innovations in our country while building local capacity and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion with a long-term perspective.

The Grand Challenges Nigeria (GCNg) will work together with government, nonprofit, development, and private sector partners to fund local innovators and researchers to address Nigeria’s pressing health and development challenges. We will be supporting projects with the potential to transform lives at scale, foster a network of impact-driven researchers and innovators and contribute to sustainable development in Nigeria. We will provide information about the official launch of the project and the various opportunities that will be made available in due course.

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Project MAP-Nigeria

Project MAP-Nigeria (Micronutrient Analysis and Policy) is a nationally led initiative under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, designed to transform the rich dataset of the 2021 National Food Consumption and Micronutrient Survey (NFCMS) into actionable evidence for Nigeria’s nutrition agenda. With technical leadership from the Nutrition Society of Nigeria and implementation support from GroundWorks Health—funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—the project addresses critical gaps in translating survey data into policy insights. It aligns with Nigeria’s National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition and global commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals, responding to a persistent malnutrition burden that includes high rates of stunting and widespread micronutrient deficiencies among women and children.
The project employs a rigorous, equity-focused analytical framework to generate policy-relevant insights on dietary inadequacies, fortification coverage, supplementation efficacy, and geographic disparities in micronutrient status. Using advanced statistical modelling, spatial analysis, and disaggregation by wealth, gender, rural/urban residence, and geopolitical zone, Project MAP-Nigeria identifies priority populations and regions requiring targeted interventions. These analyses are conducted under a multi-stakeholder governance structure led by a Federal Ministry–chaired National Steering Committee, ensuring that findings reflect national priorities while maintaining scientific rigor and methodological transparency.
Expected outcomes include a comprehensive analytical report, five targeted policy briefs, an interactive data visualization platform, and strengthened institutional capacity within federal nutrition units to conduct routine secondary analyses. These products will directly inform the revision of Nigeria’s National Policy on Food and Nutrition, guide resource allocation under the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria program, and support advocacy for increased domestic financing. By converting high-quality data into strategic intelligence, Project MAP-Nigeria strengthens Nigeria’s nutrition data ecosystem and accelerates progress toward ending all forms of malnutrition through evidence-based policies and investments.