Science and Policy Documents
Complete listing in chronological order
- Integrating the delivery of health and development interventions: Assessing the impact on child survival in sub-Saharan AfricaMVP Study ProtocolThe Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
- Effective monitoring of agriculture: a responseDecember 20, 2011 | Journal of Environmental MonitoringJeffrey D. Sachs, Roseline Remans, Sean M. Smukler, Leigh Winowiecki, Sandy J. Andelman, Kenneth G. Cassman, David Castle, Ruth DeFries, Glenn Denning, Jessica Fanzo, Louise E. Jackson, Rik Leemans, Johannes Lehmann, Jeffrey C. Milder, Shahid Naeem, Generose Nziguheba, Cheryl A. Palm, Prabhu L. Pingali, John P. Reganold, Daniel D. Richter, Sara J. Scherr, Jason Sircely, Clare Sullivan, Thomas P. Tomich and Pedro A. Sanchez
- Multisector intervention to accelerate reductions in child stunting: an observational study from 9 sub-Saharan African countriesOctober 27, 2011 | American Journal of Clinical NutritionRoseline Remans, Paul M Pronyk, Jessica C Fanzo, Jiehua Chen, Cheryl A Palm, Bennett Nemser, Maria Muniz, Alex Radunsky, Alem Hadera Abay, Mouctar Coulibaly, Joseph Mensah-Homiah, Margaret Wagah, Xiaoyi An, Christine Mwaura, Eva Quintana, Marie-Andree Somers, Pedro A Sanchez, Sonia E Sachs, John W McArthur, and Jeffrey D Sachs for the Millennium Villages Study Group
- Perspectives on Monitoring and Evaluation in the African Millennium VillagesOctober 23, 2011 | Millennium Villages BlogBy Paul Pronyk, Jeffrey Sachs & Prabhjot Singh
- Current and future nitrous oxide emissions from African agricultureAugust 24, 2011 | Current Opinion in Environmental SustainabilityBy Hickman, Jonathan E., M. Havlikova, C. Kroeze, and C.A. Palm
- The Impact of Reducing Financial Barriers on Utilisation of a Primary Health Care Facility in RwandaJuly, 2011 | Global Public HealthRanu Dillon, Matthew H. Bonds, Max Fraden, Donald Ndahiro, and Josh Ruxin
- HIV Attitudes, Awareness and Testing Among Older Adults in AfricaJuly, 2011 | AIDS and BehaviorJoel Negin, Bennett Nemser, Robert Cumming, Eliud Lelerai, Yanis Ben Amor and Paul Pronyk
- Assessing Nutritional Diversity of Cropping Systems in African VillagesJune, 2011 | PlosONEBy Roseline Remans, Dan F. B. Flynn., Fabrice DeClerck, Willy Diru, Jessica Fanzo, Kaitlyn Gaynor, Isabel Lambrecht, Joseph Mudiope, Patrick K. Mutuo, Phelire Nkhoma, David Siriri, Clare Sullivan, Cheryl A. Palm
- Community Health Workers in Global Health: Scale and ScalabilityMay 19, 2011 | Mount Sinai Journal of MedicineBy Liu, Anne; Sullivan, Sarah; Khan, Mohammed; Sachs, Sonia; and Singh, Prabhjot
- Risk factors for non-communicable diseases among older adults in rural AfricaMay, 2011 | Tropical Medicine and International HealthJoel Negin, Robert Cumming, Sarah De Ramirez, Seye Abimbola, Sonia Sachs
- The Role of Chemistry in Addressing Hunger and Food SecurityApril 27, 2011 | The Chemical Element: Chemistry’s Contribution to Our Global Future, First EditionBy Jessica Fanzo, Roseline Remans, and Pedro Sanchez
- Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Complex, Goal-Oriented, Adaptive Interventions in the Millennium VillagesMarch 21, 2011John W McArthur, Paul M Pronyk, Jeffrey D Sachs
- Use of an Innovative, Affordable, and Open-Source Short Message Service–Based Tool to Monitor Malaria in Remote Areas of UgandaMarch 11, 2011 | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneBy Caroline Asiimwe*, David Gelvin, Evan Lee, Yanis Ben Amor, Ebony Quinto, Charles Katureebe, Lakshmi Sundaram, David Bell and Matt Berg
- Ecological approaches to human nutritionMarch, 2011 | Food & Nutrition BulletinBy Declerck, Fabrice A.J.; Fanzo, Jessica; Palm, Cheryl; Remans, Roseline
- A three-year cohort study to assess the impact of an integrated food- and livelihood-based model on undernutrition in rural western Kenya2011 | Combating Micronutrient Deficiencies: Food-based ApproachesBy Jessica Fanzo, Roseline Remans, Paul Pronyk, Joel Negin, James Wariero et al.
- Evaluating structural interventions in public health: Challenges, options and global best-practice2011Paul Pronyk, Jennifer Schaefer, Marie-Andree Somers and Lori Heise
- Identifying potential synergies and trade-offs for meeting food security and climate change objectives in sub-Saharan AfricaNovember, 2010 | PNASBy Cheryl Palm, Sean Smukler, Clare Sullivan, Patrick Mutuo, Gerson Nyadzi, Markus Walsh
- Evaluating the Millennium Villages: A response to Clemens and DemombynesOctober 13, 2010 | Millennium Villages BlogBy Paul Pronyk, John McArthur, Prabhjot Singh & Jeffrey Sachs
- High rates of AIDS-related mortality among older adults in rural KenyaOctober 1, 2010 | Journal of Acquired Immune Defiency SyndromesBy Joel Negin, James Wariero, Robert G Cumming, Patrick Mutuo, and Paul Pronyk
- The African Green Revolution: Results from the Millennium Villages ProjectOctober, 2010 | Advances in AgronomyBy Generose Nziguheba, Cheryl A. Palm, Tadesse Berhe, Glenn Denning, Ahmed Dicko, Omar Diouf, Willy Diru, Rafael Flor, Fred Frimpong, Rebbie Harawa, Bocary Kaya, Elikana Manumbu, John McArthur, Patrick Mutuo, Mbaye Ndiaye, Amadou Niang, Phelire Nkhoma, Gerson Nyadzi, Jeffrey Sachs, Clare Sullivan, Gebrekidan Teklu, Lekan Tobe, and Pedro A. Sanchez
- Testing Institutional Biomass Cookstoves in Rural Kenyan Schools for the Millennium Villages ProjectJuly, 2010 | Energy for Sustainable DevelopmentBy Edwin Adkins, Jiehua Chen, Jacob Winiecki, Peter Koineib, Vijay Modi
- Field testing and survey evaluation of household biomass cookstoves in rural sub-Saharan AfricaJuly, 2010 | Energy for Sustainable DevelopmentBy Adkins E, Tyler E, Wang J, Siriri S, Modi V
- Monitoring the World’s AgricultureJune, 2010 | NatureBy Jeff Sachs, Pedro Sanchez, Cheryl Palm, Roseline Remans, Sean Smukler, Leigh Winowiecki, et al
- Tripling crop yields in tropical AfricaMay, 2010 | Nature GeoscienceBy Pedro A. Sanchez
- The Importance of a Multi-Sectoral Approach to Food and Nutrition Security in AfricaApril, 2010 | The Forum: International Affairs and EconomicsBy Jessica Fanzo and Paul Pronyk
- A Toolkit For E-Health Partnerships In Low-Income NationsFebruary, 2010 | Health AffairsBy William M. Tierney, Andrew S. Kanter, Hamish S.F. Fraser and Christopher Bailey
- An Evaluation of Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goal One Hunger Target: A country-level, food and nutrition security perspectiveJanuary, 2010 | Report Commissioned by UN World Food ProgrammeBy Jessica Fanzo and Paul Pronyk
- Erratum to “Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi”January, 2010 | Energy PolicyBy Edwin Adkins, Sandy Eapen, Flora Kaluwile, Gautam Nair, Vijay Modi
- The Role of Information Systems in Achieving Universal Health Coverage2010 | World Health ReportBy Pianghatai Ingun, Dennis Streveler, Karl Brown, Andy Kanter, Ad Rietberg and Cees Hesp
- Addressing Undernutrition and Climate Change in the Millennium Villages: Enhancing Resilience of Rural Communities2010 | UN Standing Committee on NutritionBy Remans R, Abay AH, Mohammed A, Adkins E, Kitchlu R, Berg M, Modi V, Palm C, and Fanzo J
- Combining vital events registration, verbal autopsy and electronic medical records in rural Ghana for improved health services delivery2010 | Studies In Health Technology And Informaticsby Seth Ohemeng-Dapaah, Paul Pronyk, Eric Akosa, Bennett Nemser, Andrew S Kanter
- Human factors for capacity building : lessons learned from the OpenMRS implementers network2010 | International Medical Informatics AssociationBy Seebregts, C.J., Mamlin, B.W., Biondich, P.G., Fraser, H.S.F., and Wolfe, B.A.
- Prevalence and correlates of hypertension: a cross-sectional study among rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa2010 | Journal of Human HypertensionBy Stewart de Ramirez S, Enquobahrie , D A, Nyadzi G, Mjungu D, Magombo F, Ramirez M, Sachs SE, and Willett W
- A Study on Connectivity in Millennium Villages in Africa2010 | International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development 2010By Puri J, Mechael P, Cosmaciuc R, Sloninsky D, Modi V, Berg M, Kim Huynh U, Kaonga N, Ohemeng-Dapaah S, Baraza M, Emmanuel A, Lyimo S
- Enhancing ‘M-Health’ with South-to-South Collaborations2010 | Health AffairsBy Curioso W, Mechael P
- Barriers and Gaps Affecting mHealth in Low and Middle Income Countries2010 | Center for Global Health and Economic Development, Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityBy Mechael P, Batavia H, Kaonga N, Searle S, Kwan A, Fu L, Ossman J
- The End of Hunger?December, 2009 | IssuesBy Glenn Denning
- Off-grid energy services for the poor: Introducing LED lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in MalawiDecember, 2009 | Energy PolicyBy Edwin Adkins, Sandy Eapen, Flora Kaluwile, Gautam Nair, Vijay Modi
- Assessment of Progress in Meeting UN Millennium Development GoalsNovember, 2009 | Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive MeasuresBy Gretchen Loeffler Peltier, Unni Krishnan Karunakara, and Anson Elisabeth Wright
- Challenges Associated with Reducing Malnutrition and Diarrheal Disease in Children in Developing CountriesNovember, 2009 | EpidemiologyBy Peltier, Gretchen Loeffler; Remans, Roseline; Fanzo, Jessica; Palm, Cheryl; Ngigi, Stephen; Walsh, Barbara
- The Impact of Geography on Energy Infrastructure CostsOctober, 2009 | Energy PolicyBy Alex Zvoleff, Ayse Selin Kocaman, Woonghee Tim Huh, Vijay Modic
- Millennium Global Village-Net: Bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan AfricaSeptember, 2009 | International Journal of Medical InformaticsBy Andrew S. Kanter, Joel Negin, Bernard Olayo, Frederick Bukachi, Edward Johnson, and Sonia Ehrlich Sachs
- Feasibility, acceptability and cost of home-based HIV testing in rural KenyaAugust, 2009 | Tropical Medicine and International HealthContributors: Joel Negin, James Wariero, Patrick Mutuo, Stephen Jan and Paul Pronyk
- Biodiversity Conservation and the Millennium Development GoalsAugust, 2009 | Science: Policy ForumBy Jeffrey Sachs
- Nutrient Imbalances in Agricultural DevelopmentJune 19, 2009 | Science: Policy ForumContributors: P. M. Vitousek, R. Naylor, T. Crews, M. B. David, L. E. Drinkwater, E. Holland, P. J. Johnes, J. Katzenberger, L. A. Martinelli, P. A. Matson, G. Nziguheba, D. Ojima, C. A. Palm, G. P. Robertson, P. A. Sanchez, A. R. Townsend, F. S. Zhang
- Integrating a broader notion of food security and gender empowerment into the African Green RevolutionJune 11, 2009 | Springer ScienceBy Joel Negin, Roseline Remans, Susan Karuti & Jessica C. Fanzo
- A smarter way to combat hungerMarch, 2009 | NatureBy Pedro A. Sanchez
- National Electricity Planning in Settings With Low Pre-existing Grid Coverage: Development of a Spatial Model and Case Study of KenyaJanuary 21, 2009 | Energy PolicyBy Lily Parshall, Dana Pillai, Shashank Mohan, Aly Sanoh, and Vijay Modi
- The African Green Revolution Moves ForwardJanuary 5, 2009 | Springer ScienceBy Pedro A. Sanchez, Glenn L. Denning & Generose Nziguheba
- Input Subsidies to Improve Smallholder Maize Productivity in Malawi: Toward an African Green RevolutionJanuary, 2009 | Public Library of Science: BiologyContributors: Glenn Denning, Patrick Kabambe, Pedro Sanchez, Alia Malik, Rafael Flor, Rebbie Harawa, Phelire Nkhoma, Colleen Zamba, Clement Banda, Chrispin Magombo, Michael Keating, Justine Wangila, Jeffrey Sachs
- Assessment of nutrient deficiencies in maize in nutrient omission trials and long-term field experiments in the West African Savanna2009 | Plant and SoilNziguheba, G.; Tossah, B.K.; Diels, J.; Franke, A.C.; Aihou, K.; Iwuafor, E.N.O.; Nwoke, C.; Merckx, R.
- The Case of mHealth in Developing Countries2009 | Mobilizing Markets: Special Edition of MIT Innovations Journal for the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009By Mechael P
- Opportunities and Challenges of Integrating mHealth Applications into Rural Health Initiatives in Africa2009 | Handbook of Research on Development in E-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social PerspectivesBy Mechael P
- The Millennium Cities Initiative: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Urban Poverty and Generating Sustainable ProsperityNovember, 2008 | Global Urban DevelopmentBy Susan Blaustein
- Sustaining and Scaling the Millennium Villages: Moving from rural investments to national development plans to reach the MDGsOctober, 2008 | Overseas Development InstituteKent Buse, Eva Ludi and Marcella Vigneri | Synthesis Report
- Reversing the Tide of Tuberculosis in India: Complementing Microscopy with Line Probe AssaysOctober, 2008 | Global Public HealthBy Yanis Ben Amor, Max Fraden, & Josh Ruxin
- Underreported Threat of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in AfricaSeptember, 2008 | CDC: Emerging Infectious DiseasesBy Yanis Ben Amor, Bennett Nemser, Angad Singh, Alyssa Sankin, and Neil Schluger
- Hydrological Impacts of Flood Storage and Management on Irrigation Water Abstraction in Upper Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, KenyaMarch, 2008 | Springer ScienceBy Stephen N. Ngigi, Hubert H. G. Savenije & Francis N. Gichuki
- African Millennium VillagesOctober 23, 2007 | Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesContributors: Pedro Sanchez, Cheryl Palm, Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Denning, Rafael Flor, Rebbie Harawa, Bashir Jama, Tsegazeab Kiflemariam, Bronwen Konecky, Raffaela Kozar, Eliud Lelerai, Alia Malik, Vijay Modi, Patrick Mutuo, Amadou Niang, Herine Okoth, Frank Place, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Amir Said, David Siriri, Awash Teklehaimanot, Karen Wang, Justine Wangila, and Colleen Zamba
- Soils: A Contemporary PerspectiveAugust, 2007 | Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesPalm C, Sanchez P, Ahamed S, Awiti A
- The African Green Revolution and the Millennium Villages ProjectNovember 2, 2006 | Overseas Development InstituteSpeaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program Director, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute at Columbia University | An ODI Event

