India’s District Nutrition Profiles (DNPs)—co-developed by DataDENT, POSHAN, NITI-Aayog, and other national nutrition partners—provide a district-level snapshot of the population’s nutritional status and key determinants that map to the UNICEF nutrition framework (immediate determinants, coverage of direct interventions, underlying and basic determinants, multi sectoral interventions impacting basic and underlying determinants).
The profiles compile key indicators from multiple data sources for each of India’s 700+ districts and—to support their use by district decision makers—include questions that facilitate evidence-based discussions on what actions are needed in each district to improve nutrition.
The DNPs were first launched in 2018 and updated in 2022 using the National Family Health Survey-5 (NHFS-5) and other recently released data. As part of the update process, DataDENT conducted an indicator prioritization exercise.
