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Optima Nutrition modelling

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:

  • Scenario analyses: How might projected outcomes change under different intervention funding or coverage scenarios?
  • Optimisations: How can a fixed budget be allocated across interventions to maximize impact?
  • Investment priorities: Which interventions should receive priority additional funding, if it were available?
  • Sub-national analyses: Which geographical regions should receive priority additional funding, if it were available?

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.

Timeline

2017–ongoing.

Diagrams

Diagram of Optima Nutrition factors, such as wasting or diarrhoea.

Diagram of Optima Nutrition factors.

Diagram of how risk factors can affect infant mortality.

How risk factors can affect infant mortality.

Mother And Baby 800X500

Access Optima Nutrition

Access the Optima Nutrition open source model.

User guide and training materials

Other work

Partners

Funding partners

  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
  • World Bank

Collaborators

  • University College London, United Kingdom
  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
  • World Bank

Project contacts

Main contact

Associate Professor Nick Scott

Associate Professor Nick Scott

Head, Modelling and Biostatistics
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Project team

Associate Professor Nick Scott

Associate Professor Nick Scott

Head, Modelling and Biostatistics
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Dr Romesh Abeysuriya

Dr Romesh Abeysuriya

Senior Research Officer
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Anna Roberts

Anna Roberts

Senior Project Manager
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Dr Rowan  Martin-Hughes

Dr Rowan Martin-Hughes

Senior Research Officer
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Dr Debra ten Brink

Dr Debra ten Brink

Senior Research Officer
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Dr Tharindu Wickramaarachchi

Dr Tharindu Wickramaarachchi

Mathematical Modeller
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