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  • Data collection,  India,  Survey data

    Why harmonization of food security measurement in phone surveys is needed: Lessons from India

    November 1, 2021

    Background Food security is essential for a healthy and productive population. In 1996, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stated that food security “exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” FAO recognized four dimensions…

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    Nishmeet Singh (IFPRI) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Survey data

    Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys

    July 20, 2021

    We are thrilled to launch the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys today! The Compendium is a technical resource that can help national and subnational stakeholders fill information gaps around who is receiving nutrition interventions through health systems. Building on a set of indicators proposed in “Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum…

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    Tricia Aung (JHSPH), Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Routine data,  Survey data

    Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies and programs in South Asia?

    July 16, 2021

    The South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) have endorsed the 2030 global nutrition targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2). Efforts are underway in the region to implement global recommendations on nutrition actions to address all forms of malnutrition along the life-course. Despite these efforts, the South Asia region continues to have the…

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    Manita Jangid (IFPRI), Sumanta Neupane (IFPRI), Zivai Murira (UNICEF ROSA) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Data value chain,  Routine data,  Survey data

    Let’s make a plan!

    June 30, 2021

    Last month the Micronutrient Forum (MNF) released a Micronutrient Data Generation Initiative Strategic Plan—a comprehensive strategy for how to fill long-standing gaps in data on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies across low- and middle-income countries.  The strategy is noteworthy on multiple levels, but in particular for its theory of change which describes the steps and enabling factors required to achieve…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Survey data,  Women

    Mind the (Data) Gap: Understanding the gender dimensions of food security

    May 12, 2021

    Gender is a social determinant of health which can have a significant impact on an individual’s nutrition status. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) Nutrition Equity Framework illustrates how basic and underlying determinants, including gender, are interlinked and contribute towards nutrition inequity. Sociocultural perception of gender affects power dynamics and access to nutrition services and interventions. For example, gendered norms…

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    Riley Auer (JHSPH), Nzinga H,. Broussard (Global Innovation Fund) No Comments
  • Data collection,  Infant and Young Child Feeding,  Survey data

    Revisiting Core Indicators: Principles from the updated WHO-UNICEF Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) indicator guidance

    April 28, 2021

    In April 2021, WHO and UNICEF released updated definitions and measurement guidance for  indicators to assess infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. Originally released in 2008, indicators of diet quality for children 0-23 months of age have been an essential tool for policy makers and program planners within and across low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). The indicators, which…

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    Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) No Comments
  • Children,  Data collection,  Survey data,  Women

    Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs: What, Why and How Can We Measure Them?

    March 2, 2021

    What is nutrition-sensitive social protection? Nutrition-sensitive sectors address the underlying determinants of maternal and child malnutrition (e.g. food security, education), and investments in these sectors are critical to global strategies for eliminating undernutrition. As a cross-cutting dimension, social protection is core to nutrition-sensitive actions. Social protection initiatives aim to protect families from poverty and vulnerability by offering a mix of…

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    Nadia Akseer (JHSPH) 5 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
  • Children,  Infant and Young Child Feeding,  Survey data

    Unpacking a framework for measuring infant and young child feeding counselling coverage in household surveys

    September 24, 2020

    Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling is important to facilitate optimal feeding practices and improve child survival. I sat down with Sunny Kim, Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute and DataDENT team member, to discuss the recent paper “Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question…

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    Riley Auer 1 Comment
  • Data visualization,  Survey data

    2019 DataDENT Highlights

    December 20, 2019

    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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