Optima Nutrition: Overview and Example Applications (February 2020)

Nick Scott from the Burnet Institute, dated February 2020. The presentation provides an overview of the Optima Nutrition model, a mathematical model designed to identify the most effective combinations of investments in nutrition interventions to achieve optimal outcomes. The model tracks the under-5 population over a given period, considering risk factors that contribute to mortality, stunting, wasting, and anemia, and includes a range of interventions for children, pregnant women, and the general population. The presentation also covers the definition and implementation of stunting and wasting in the model, as well as various nutrition interventions and their effects on stunting and wasting.