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  • Advocacy,  Children,  Demographic and Health Surveys,  Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

    Quantifying the nutrition transition among children in low- and middle-income countries

    March 14, 2019

    © 2012 Akintunde Akinleye/NURHI, Courtesy of Photoshare Over 25 years ago, Dr. Barry Popkin described a global “nutrition transition” – a shift of diets high in fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats to diets high in sugar, saturated fat, and processed foods [1]. This nutrition transition was an “emerging crisis” for low-income countries and linked to changes in demography, epidemiology, and…

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  • Advocacy,  Children,  Demographic and Health Surveys,  Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys,  Women

    Malnutrition: a key barrier to women and girls’ empowerment

    March 8, 2019

    © 2017 Dr. Mohd. Irfan Ahamad Seyyed, Courtesy of Photoshare March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has been an official day to measure and celebrate progress towards gender parity. Many individuals and institutions have come to focus on women’s economic and social…

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  • Advocacy,  Breastfeeding,  Demographic and Health Surveys,  Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

    Breastfeeding counseling: The need for actionable data

    March 4, 2019

    © 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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  • 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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