by Sharmin Sultana | Feb 26, 2024 | uncategorized
We previously reported hearing the following question from our national partners: How do we strengthen capacity to use nutrition data? To help answer this question, DataDENT is taking a critical look at the knowledge and skills underpinning this capacity at the...
by Sharmin Sultana | Jan 22, 2024 | uncategorized
Questions that DataDENT regularly hears from our national partners include “how do we strengthen capacity to use data?” and “how do we improve data quality?” DataDENT’s answer to each of these questions is to start with understanding the desires, needs, and...
by Sharmin Sultana | Dec 18, 2023 | uncategorized
Poverty pushes almost one in every 10 children around the world to skip school and work to earn. Such conditions can perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition. Amid all this, can school help? School meal programs have emerged as a beacon of hope,...
by Sharmin Sultana | Nov 14, 2023 | uncategorized
Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...
by Sharmin Sultana | Oct 9, 2023 | uncategorized
Maternal nutrition has been gaining traction as a policy priority across low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Investing in good nutrition for women before and during pregnancy is fundamental for the health and survival of both mothers and infants. According to the...