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  • Advocacy,  Data value chain

    Advancing the data and accountability agenda for maternal and child undernutrition

    March 2, 2021

    On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021, a Lancet series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition (MCUN) Progress was launched as part of the Nutrition Year of Action—a year-long effort to drive momentum on tackling malnutrition ahead of the 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit. The goal of the series is to accelerate progress towards reaching the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH), Riley Auer (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Data value chain,  Survey data

    What data do nutrition stakeholders use and how can we better meet their needs?

    January 28, 2021

    The global nutrition community is remarkably diverse: its stakeholders include people working in vastly different fields, from health to agriculture, to water and sanitation and in roles ranging from program management to policy development to issue-based advocacy. Some work for small community-based organizations while others work for national governments, or huge multilateral or UN organizations with a global focus. It’s logical…

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    Andrew Thorne-Lyman (JHU), Rebecca Heidkamp (JHU) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  India

    Tracking India’s Progress on Addressing Malnutrition and Enhancing the Use of Data to Improve Programs

    January 8, 2021

    In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), NITI Aayog, and ID Insight, DataDENT developed a joint report addressing considerations for improving the availability and use of data to improve nutrition programs in India. The report shares a comprehensive indicator framework aligned with India’s National Nutrition Mission, POSHAN Abhiyaan, and describes a theory…

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  • Advocacy,  Data for Nutrition,  Data value chain,  Data visualization

    2020 DataDENT Highlights

    December 29, 2020

    2020 will be remembered as a year the world radically changed, but it was also a year that reminded us of the importance of fundamental structures and systems. Now, as much as ever, strengthening the nutrition data value chain (DVC) is needed to address the challenges COVID-19 crisis poses to food, nutrition, and health globally. During 2020, DataDENT partners—the Johns…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH), Riley Auer (JHSPH) 1 Comment
  • Data value chain

    Evidence and lessons on improving data use and quality in India’s nutrition program

    October 29, 2020

    To strengthen nutrition information systems and improve nutrition outcomes in India, we must improve data quality and facilitate the use of data at all levels. This was the theme of one of the key thematic sessions at ‘Delivering for Nutrition in India: Insights from Implementation Research 2020’, a virtual event co-hosted by Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions…

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  • Data value chain,  Data visualization

    Together for Nutrition: West African Data Forum Call to Action

    June 24, 2020

    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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    Tricia Aung No Comments
  • Data for Nutrition,  Data value chain

    Data for Nutrition webinar – New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 Questionnaires

    January 16, 2020

    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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  • Data value chain

    Has the revolution arrived? Why 2020 is a crucial year for nutrition data

    January 16, 2020

    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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  • Data value chain,  Survey data

    The Case of the Missing Data

    December 2, 2019

    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…

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    Tricia Aung 1 Comment
  • Advocacy,  Data value chain

    How can we better support countries to build and maintain nutrition data and information systems?

    October 7, 2019

    The first Global Nutrition Report (GNR) in 2014 called for a “data revolution” in nutrition, recognizing that data investments are needed to enable countries to design and implement effective policies and programs, mobilize resources, and monitor progress. While some progress has since been made to improve nutrition data, current efforts are still insufficient. The 2020 Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit…

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    Renee Manorat (Results for Development), Kyle Borces (Results for Development), Laura Becker (Results for Development), Ellen Piwoz (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) No Comments
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