by Alexandra Farina (R4D), Yashodhara Rana (R4D), Augustin Flory (R4D) | Jul 26, 2021 | uncategorized
The Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in December 2021 will provide a critical opportunity for the nutrition community to renew and expand commitments to address malnutrition globally in pursuit of the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets....
by Tricia Aung (JHSPH), Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) | Jul 20, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Manita Jangid (IFPRI), Sumanta Neupane (IFPRI), Zivai Murira (UNICEF ROSA) | Jul 16, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) | Jun 30, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Manita Jangid (IFPRI), Danielle Resnick (IFPRI) | Jun 18, 2021 | uncategorized
What is advocacy for nutrition policy? Many policy reforms emerge after sustained periods of advocacy. In the field of nutrition, advocates have played a critical role in raising awareness about the causes and consequences of malnutrition and which interventions...
by Sharmin Sultana | May 31, 2021 | uncategorized
Data visualization is widely used in nutrition to summarize and communicate nutrition data. There are several aspects of data visualization that make it a viable strategy to neatly collate information and (hopefully) provoke action: (1) humans more rapidly process...
