Description: Speakers discussed the need to develop better nutrition coverage indicators and survey questions. They gave real-world examples from DataDENT’s efforts to design and refine intervention coverage measures for maternal micronutrient supplements. Topics...
Making the case for micronutrient data
Description: Micronutrient data is an important tool in making informed decisions about nutrition programs. This webinar will highlight some of the ways micronutrient data has been advocated for and used in policy and program decisions. It will also introduce the...
Using data for decision making in large-scale food fortification: Examples from the country and regional level
The Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) is an online tool, which provides unparalleled access to critical data on food fortification all in one place, as well as tools to aid in analysis and visualization. This webinar walked participants through a platform...
How can innovations advance the nutrition data revolution? Discussion of practical examples from innovation implementors
This event is co-hosted with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy. View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here. Description: Now more than ever before, there is a need for high quality and real-time...
Data for Nutrition 2021 Evaluation
The Data for Nutrition (DfN) community of practice (CoP) was developed by a collaborative “launch team” under the leadership of the Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) initiative in December 2019. The DfN community mission is to provide...
Analytical methods to assess population-level changes in growth faltering and nutrition-related inequalities
View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here. This is the second webinar in the Analytical Methods series. Learn more about the series here. Description: Robust analytic methods can be applied to DHS, MICS, LSMS...
More to come: Taking stock of DataDENT’s 2021 achievements and 2022 plans
Happy New Year to much of the world! While there are bigger headlines dominating our news feeds, the start of 2022 signals that we are in the final stretch in DataDENT’s first 5-year funding cycle. DataDENT global and country partners have been hard at work and also...
Signs of progress: 2021 has more data for global targets and more commitment to data
The 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was released in late November as part of the leadup to this week’s Nutrition for Growth event hosted by the Government of Japan. The report’s headlines were not exactly a cause for celebration. The world remains off-course to...
NIPN Guatemala: Learning from the decentralization experience of an information platform for nutrition in Momostenango
Description: English The National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) is an initiative conceived to support countries in strengthening their information systems for nutrition and advising policymakers through an evidence-based approach. Guatemala is one of the...
Analytical methods to identify drivers of change in population-level nutrition outcomes: Multivariable decomposition approach
Description: National multitopic household surveys (e.g., Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) provide a wealth of information to guide nutrition policy and program action. In efforts to identify drivers of stunting decline across 5...
Can we measure that? A stepwise approach to design valid household survey indicators and questions about nutrition intervention coverage
Description: Speakers discussed the need to develop better nutrition coverage indicators and survey questions. They gave real-world examples from DataDENT’s efforts to design and refine intervention coverage measures for maternal micronutrient supplements. Topics...
Making the case for micronutrient data
Description: Micronutrient data is an important tool in making informed decisions about nutrition programs. This webinar will highlight some of the ways micronutrient data has been advocated for and used in policy and program decisions. It will also introduce the...
Using data for decision making in large-scale food fortification: Examples from the country and regional level
The Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) is an online tool, which provides unparalleled access to critical data on food fortification all in one place, as well as tools to aid in analysis and visualization. This webinar walked participants through a platform...
How can innovations advance the nutrition data revolution? Discussion of practical examples from innovation implementors
This event is co-hosted with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy. View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here. Description: Now more than ever before, there is a need for high quality and real-time...
Data for Nutrition 2021 Evaluation
The Data for Nutrition (DfN) community of practice (CoP) was developed by a collaborative “launch team” under the leadership of the Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) initiative in December 2019. The DfN community mission is to provide...
Analytical methods to assess population-level changes in growth faltering and nutrition-related inequalities
View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here. This is the second webinar in the Analytical Methods series. Learn more about the series here. Description: Robust analytic methods can be applied to DHS, MICS, LSMS...
More to come: Taking stock of DataDENT’s 2021 achievements and 2022 plans
Happy New Year to much of the world! While there are bigger headlines dominating our news feeds, the start of 2022 signals that we are in the final stretch in DataDENT’s first 5-year funding cycle. DataDENT global and country partners have been hard at work and also...
Signs of progress: 2021 has more data for global targets and more commitment to data
The 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was released in late November as part of the leadup to this week’s Nutrition for Growth event hosted by the Government of Japan. The report’s headlines were not exactly a cause for celebration. The world remains off-course to...
NIPN Guatemala: Learning from the decentralization experience of an information platform for nutrition in Momostenango
Description: English The National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) is an initiative conceived to support countries in strengthening their information systems for nutrition and advising policymakers through an evidence-based approach. Guatemala is one of the...
Analytical methods to identify drivers of change in population-level nutrition outcomes: Multivariable decomposition approach
Description: National multitopic household surveys (e.g., Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) provide a wealth of information to guide nutrition policy and program action. In efforts to identify drivers of stunting decline across 5...