We sat down with members of the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Rahul Rawat, Senior Program Officer responsible for the DataDENT grant, and Ellen Piwoz, Lead of the Data Analytics and Evidence initiative. Rebecca Heidkamp, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) who serves as the Principal Investigator for DataDENT, also…
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Breastfeeding: the Best Start in Life
© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare Breastfeeding gives children the best start in life by providing a critical foundation for growth, development, and nutrition. World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated every August 1-7, provides the opportunity to reflect on trends, identify the challenges, and encourage action to support breastfeeding practice, promotion and policies. Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) and…
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Launch of DataDENT Online Survey on Data Use
Understanding how people use data is critical for developing strong programs and policy in nutrition. Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) is conducting a survey to better understand how people in the multisectoral nutrition community—including health, agriculture, water and sanitation, and social protection—use data in their work. Professionals working in programs, policy, advocacy or data at global, regional,…