by Sharmin Sultana | Oct 11, 2019 | uncategorized
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program just released the new DHS model questionnaires for round 8 (2018-2023). We previously shared on the blog how DHS and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are main sources of nationally-representative maternal,...
by Renee Manorat (Results for Development), Kyle Borces (Results for Development), Laura Becker (Results for Development), Ellen Piwoz (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) | Oct 7, 2019 | uncategorized
The first Global Nutrition Report (GNR) in 2014 called for a “data revolution” in nutrition, recognizing that data investments are needed to enable countries to design and implement effective policies and programs, mobilize resources, and monitor progress. While some...
by Sharmin Sultana | Sep 25, 2019 | uncategorized
This week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN Member States adopted a landmark declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). Improving integration of nutrition interventions within health services is a key component of UHC and tackling malnutrition...
by Sharmin Sultana | Aug 23, 2019 | uncategorized
In the past decade, the availability and use of data have shed light on the importance of addressing malnutrition to improve human health and well-being. At the same time, high profile advocacy events have pushed the nutrition profile even further. Hand-in-hand, data...
by Laura Becker, Renee Manorat, Kyle Borces (Results for Development); Audrey Buckland, Rebecca Heidkamp (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) | Aug 15, 2019 | uncategorized
High-quality nutrition data is critical for country stakeholders, advocates, funders, and many others to assess needs, measure progress, and ultimately make decisions to take action. However, as our global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping...
