Allison Daniel

Allison Daniel is a researcher and journalist with a focus on global health and nutrition. She holds a PhD in nutritional sciences with a collaborative specialization in global health from the University of Toronto. She also completed the Certificate in Health Impact Program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

A baby in a blue coat plays with an artificial yellow sunflower. The colors evoke the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.
Food

Breastfeeding Babies During War

by Allison Daniel

Parents from Ukraine and other countries in crisis struggle to breastfeed and formula feed their children

Mehr del Khan Rahmati, who is in charge of a bakery, passes a large flat piece of bread to people awaiting food, in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 31, 2022.
Food

Mitigating Malnutrition

by Allison Daniel

An arresting global surge in the number of people experiencing hunger and what's behind it

Bird's eye view: visitors take in a panoramic scene of the city of Toronto, Canada, from the 553 meters (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which just reopened after coronavirus restrictions on July 15, 2020. The photo shows a woman wearing a mask looking out from the skyview of the tall building with the Toronto cityscape beneath her. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Aging

Coronavirus in Toronto—Lessons Lost on a Second SARS

by Allison Daniel

The city's COVID-19 response is strongly informed by the experience of the earlier outbreak—but by no means exceptional

Opposition supporters celebrate in Lilongwe, Malawi, on February 4, 2020 after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika the winner—ordering a new vote June 23. The photo shows a man in a stilt costume dancing. This is a striking photo. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara
Poverty

Coronavirus in Malawi

by Allison Daniel, Fanuel Meckson Bickton

Shutdowns reversed amid an upcoming election, other disease threats, and more than half the population living in poverty