by Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) | Apr 28, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Sharmin Sultana | Mar 15, 2021
In the fall of 2020, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program organized communities of practice to develop recommendations for improving the data collection instruments used in the Service Provision Assessment (SPA). In January 2021, the nutrition working...
by Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH), Riley Auer (JHSPH) | Mar 2, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Nadia Akseer (JHSPH) | Mar 2, 2021 | uncategorized
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...
by Sharmin Sultana | Mar 1, 2021
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00568-7 Date of Publication | March 2021 Summary: As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and...
