Making school feeding count for nutrition: A call for investing in more and better data

by Sharmin Sultana | Dec 18, 2023 | uncategorized

Poverty pushes almost one in every 10 children around the world to skip school and work to earn. Such conditions can perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition. Amid all this, can school help? School meal programs have emerged as a beacon of hope,...

Who is being reached by nutrition-sensitive social protection programs? Advancing methods for measuring NSSP coverage using household surveys

by Sharmin Sultana | Nov 14, 2023 | uncategorized

Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...

How many tablets did you take during pregnancy? Addressing the challenges of maternal micronutrient coverage measurement

by Sharmin Sultana | Oct 9, 2023 | uncategorized

Maternal nutrition has been gaining traction as a policy priority across low-and middle-income countries (LMIC).  Investing in good nutrition for women before and during pregnancy is fundamental for the health and survival of both mothers and infants. According to the...

Filling the capacity gap to support the scale-up of multisector nutrition data platforms in Ethiopia

by Sharmin Sultana | Sep 12, 2023 | uncategorized

DataDENT champions strategic planning, financing, and capacity strengthening as pillars of a strong enabling environment for nutrition data. DataDENT has supported governments and partners in Africa and South Asia in developing strategic outputs harmonized with...

Linking food security and nutrition through data: Metrics to use and core competencies needed for food and nutrition data literacy

by Sharmin Sultana | Jul 19, 2023 | uncategorized

In June 2023, DataDENT participated in a side session at the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week (ANH2023) held in Malawi and online. The session, Going Deeper with Data and Methods to Improve Understanding of Food and Nutrition Security Linkages, was a...

Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys

by Sharmin Sultana | Jun 30, 2023 | uncategorized

Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition’s (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy...