© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare In early 2019, the WHO released global guidance that recommends breastfeeding counseling for all women starting during pregnancy up until the child is two years or older. However, data on the coverage of breastfeeding counseling is limited. There is need for more actionable data on breastfeeding counseling coverage during critical time points.
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Recommendations to update nutrition content of the Demographic and Health Surveys
Over the past five months, Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) has been working with a diverse group of lead authors and technical reviewers from the nutrition community to develop a set of ten recommendations for the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 core questionnaire. We’re excited to share that the recommendations have been submitted to the DHS Program’s…
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Digging in to the DHS and MICS nutrition data
The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are primary sources of nationally-representative maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition data for the global health community. In an online survey conducted by DataDENT earlier this year, nutrition professionals were asked how they access and use data on nutrition. Among the 191 survey respondents, the two most commonly reported…
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Release of Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments Meeting Report
The full meeting report, presentations, and working group notes from the Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) are now available on the DataDENT website here.
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How can data visualization tools support nutrition decision-makers?
Health Extension Worker Meseret Mekura sits in front of graphs outlining the state of health in her community at Remeda Health Post, Sidama Health Zone, Ethiopia. © 2012 Kate Hawkins/Pamoja Communications, Courtesy of Photoshare A nutrition data revolution The 2014 Global Nutrition Report called on governments and donors to invest more in a nutrition data revolution to ensure accountability. Without…
- Advocacy, Data value chain, Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Survey data
How can we advance nutrition measurement?
Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) Last month, DataDENT collaborated with partners for two events to discuss how we can improve coverage measurement of nutrition counseling interventions and fill nutrition data gaps in population-based household and facility surveys. The Joint Consultation on Approaches to Measure Coverage of Nutrition Counselling Interventions…
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Partner Interview: Nutrition Needs a Data Revolution
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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We live in a breastfeeding unfriendly world.
No country in the world has met all guidelines outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for a breastfeeding enabling environment. Led by WHO and UNICEF, the Global Breastfeeding Collective kicked off World Breastfeeding Week by releasing the 2018 Global Breastfeeding Scorecard. The 2018 Scorecard depicts a sobering reality: all countries, regardless of wealth, fall short from…
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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,…