Research Fellow working on Climate and Health at the MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
His research interests are in food systems sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa
He specialises in co-creating food system solutions to climate change working with various stakeholders in food, agriculture, policymakers and local producers
He studies how diets in low-income countries compare with healthy and sustainable dietary guides
Registered Nutritionist with the Allied Health Professions Council of Ghana and a Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr) with the Association for Nutrition, UK
Completed his PhD at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
His recent works are on the Lancet Countdown collaboration where he is leading efforts to establish an African Regional Centre on Climate Change and Health
In this role, Zakari coordinates a multidisciplinary team of African scientists and researchers who track over 40 indicators on the different ways that climate change affects health in Africa
