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Where should countries invest along the nutrition data value chain? A multisector perspective from Nigeria

by Sharmin Sultana | Aug 31, 2025 | uncategorized

During our recent assessment in Nigeria,  DataDENT and our local partner NAHI found significant variability across the 14 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) included in Nigeria’s National Multisectoral Food and Nutrition Action Plan (NMPFAN) in whether and...

Data visualization for action: sensemaking and preferences among nutrition stakeholders in Nigeria

by Sharmin Sultana | Jul 7, 2025

Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.1144.1 Date of Publication | July 2025 Abstract Introduction: Data visualization—the process of graphically displaying data to tell a story—is widely used as a strategy to communicate data to policy decision-makers...

Revisiting the nutrition data value chain: An updated framework to promote data use

by Sharmin Sultana | May 23, 2025 | uncategorized

For the last seven years DataDENT has championed the nutrition data value chain (DVC) as the guiding framework for our initiative. It is rare to see a presentation by a DataDENT team member that does not start with the DVC. DataDENT did not create the idea of a DVC or...

Who needs nutrition data? Reflections from DataDENT in Nigeria

by Sharmin Sultana | Feb 28, 2025 | uncategorized

DataDENT and our local partner Nutrition, Agriculture and Health Initiative (NAHI) are close to finishing an assessment among national and sub-national actors implementing Nigeria’s National Multisectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition (NMPFAN) 2021-2025. Our...

How does survey timing influence apparent wasting trends? A case study from Senegal

by Sharmin Sultana | Oct 17, 2024

Journal Article | 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104480 Date of Publication | October 2024 Abstract Background Child wasting is known to exhibit seasonal patterns but few studies have examined how the seasonality of wasting affects tracking of wasting trends over multi-year...
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