by Sharmin Sultana | Jul 25, 2025 | uncategorized
An essential part of improving the availability and use of data in the countries where DataDENT works is understanding the needs and priorities of diverse national and sub-national actors engaged with the nutrition data value chain. We recently carried out multisector...
by Sharmin Sultana | Jun 30, 2025 | uncategorized
Many governments and donors are investing in Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) as a cost-effective strategy for preventing micronutrient deficiencies. However, gaps in data on household-level coverage of LSFF are common for most foods except salt. In a previous...
by Sharmin Sultana | May 23, 2025 | uncategorized
For the last seven years DataDENT has championed the nutrition data value chain (DVC) as the guiding framework for our initiative. It is rare to see a presentation by a DataDENT team member that does not start with the DVC. DataDENT did not create the idea of a DVC or...
by Sharmin Sultana | Apr 17, 2025 | uncategorized
Moving multisector coordination from theory to practice is complex, and it is important to learn from country experiences. A multisector nutrition information system (NIS) supports coordination by synthesizing data from diverse data sources and across different...
by Sharmin Sultana | Mar 28, 2025 | uncategorized
Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...
