In February 2020, DataDENT in collaboration Transform Nutrition West Africa (led by International Food Policy Research Institute), UNICEF, Countdown to 2030, CDC, WHO, WAHO, and NIPN co-convened Together for Nutrition: West African Data Forum. The convening had the following objectives: 1. Share national and regional achievements and challenges in operationalizing the data value chain for nutrition 2. Strengthen connectivity, coordination,…
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Tracking India’s Progress on Addressing Malnutrition: What Will it Take?
In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), DataDENT co-funded an activity identifying an indicator list and respective data availability for evidence-based interventions, determinants, and outcomes aligned with the POSHAN Abhiyaan framework. A blog post on this work is available here. A policy note summarizing findings can be viewed here.
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Webinar Round Up: Measuring food security and nutrition during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on food security and nutrition. Organizations and initiatives have shared webinars, blogs, and additional resources to help governments, donors, program implementors, and other stakeholders on how to monitor and assess how COVID-19 threatens food systems and nutritional status of populations. Below is a list of webinars on measuring food security and nutrition…
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How are nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) in India supporting decision-makers?
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the increasing demand and supply of data has spawned a breadth of data visualization tools (DVTs). Not surprisingly, we are witnessing an outpour of COVID-19 DVTs in India, including the Coronavirus India Dashboard and India COVID-19 tracker, among others. In both nutrition and the COVID-19 response, it is critical that DVTs are designed for their…
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Data for Nutrition Public Launch
Over the past several months, DataDENT has been coordinating the Data for Nutrition (DfN) Community of Practice—a free, online platform that provides members with opportunities to share knowledge, experience, and questions relevant to strengthening the nutrition data value chain at all levels for the purpose of achieving better nutritional outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Today, we are excited to…
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Visualizing nutrition data with Tableau Public
“Making better figures: visualising data for different audiences” skills building session from the Transform Nutrition West Africa Together for Nutrition West African Data Forum February 2020 in Senegal Tableau is a popular data visualization program used by individuals in diverse fields. There are several high-profile examples of Tableau used to visualize nutrition data such as UNICEF/WHO/World Bank’s Joint Child Malnutrition…
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Data for Nutrition webinar – New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 Questionnaires
Over the past several months, DataDENT has been facilitating the launch of the Data for Nutrition (DfN) Community of Practice. DfN provides community members with opportunities to share knowledge, experience, evidence, and questions related to how we can strengthen the nutrition data value chain at all levels—global, regional, national, sub-national, institutional. Currently in a soft launch phase, DfN hosted its…
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Has the revolution arrived? Why 2020 is a crucial year for nutrition data
Last month, DataDENT authored a guest blog post for the Global Nutrition Report highlighting the role of nutrition data to accelerate equitable progress towards reducing malnutrition. Read our article here!
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2019 DataDENT Highlights
2019 was an exciting year for DataDENT with milestones addressing challenges across the nutrition data value chain. Here we revisit our work highlighted through our top blog posts from this past year and look ahead at what is to come in 2020. New Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) nutrition data The DHS Program accepted recommendations for changes to the core…
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The Case of the Missing Data
The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is one of the most widely used sources of nutrition data. The GNR reports on progress against global nutrition targets in 194 countries. In October 2019, GNR launched updated Country Nutrition Profiles. Note: In May 2020, GNR launched the 2020 report. The list of “no data” countries in the 2020 report matches the list shared in…