Yves Martin-Prével is an epidemiologist and holds a medical doctorate (University of Montpellier), a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in Nutrition and Food in Developing Countries (University of Montpellier), a master’s degree (DEA) in Statistics and Health (Paris 11), and a PhD in Public Health (Paris 6). He is a senior research director (directeur de recherche de classe exceptionnelle) at the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), working within the MoISA Joint Research Unit.
For nearly 35 years, Yves Martin-Prével has worked in the field of public nutrition, spending many years based in Africa. His main areas of research include maternal and child nutrition, dietary diversity indicators, the links between food systems and nutritional status, urban nutrition, the evaluation of interventions, and nutrition surveillance systems. From 2016 to 2023, he served as Director of the IRD’s “Health and Societies” scientific department, and as an adviser to the President and CEO on sustainable food systems.
Yves Martin-Prével has long worked at the interface of science and operational development structures, serving as an expert on numerous technical committees and working groups for international organisations. These include the Global Nutrition Report (2014–2017), Compact2025 (2015–2020) led by IFPRI, the MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) working group of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement (2017–2020), the NIPN (National Information Platforms for Nutrition) initiative (2016–2021), and the European Commission’s nutrition advisory service (2009–2019). In France, he contributed to drafting the French Strategic Policy Document on Maternal and Child Undernutrition in Developing Countries, and regularly participates in the activities of the Interministerial Group on Food Security (GISA), the Monitoring Committee of the National Nutrition and Health Programme (PNNS 4), and the Steering Committee for the preparation of France’s Global Health Strategy (2023–2027).
