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Advocacy, Data value chain, Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Survey data

How can we advance nutrition measurement?

October 19, 2018

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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Data value chain

Partner Interview: Nutrition Needs a Data Revolution

September 28, 2018

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, Survey data

Breastfeeding: the Best Start in Life

August 7, 2018

© 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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Breastfeeding, Data visualization, Survey data

We live in a breastfeeding unfriendly world.

August 1, 2018

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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Data collection, Survey data

Launch of DataDENT Online Survey on Data Use

July 18, 2018

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,…

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