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...
Webinar for NIPN about Lancet 2021 series on nutrition
DataDENT presented two papers about Lancet 2021 series on nutrition 1) Sharing key findings from The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress 2021 2) Exemplars in Global Health: Stunting Reduction Exemplars...
Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
Discussion Paper | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134724 Date of Publication | October 2021 Abstract: The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been...
How can N4G 2021 commitments strengthen the nutrition data value chain?
On 7-8 December 2021, the Government of Japan will host the second Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit. N4G is a high-profile advocacy event that calls on governments, development partners, and the private sector to make public commitments to actions that will...
Improving nutrition through accountability and data systems: SMART Nutrition for Growth (N4G) data commitments
Guidance | PDF 324KB Publication Date | September 2021 As a collaborating partner of the Nutrition Data Partners Group, DataDENT supported the development of recommendations for “shaping commitments to improve nutrition data and accountability in support of food,...
Advancing the quality of care measurement agenda for nutrition
Much of DataDENT's work has focused in on improving the measurement of nutrition intervention coverage. We have worked to develop new coverage indicators for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) counseling and Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection,...
Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies and programs in South Asia?
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...
Developing effective data visualization tools for nutrition: Reflections on the design of a Nutrition Scorecard in Nigeria
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13319.1 Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: There has been a growing number of nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) to monitor progress towards targets and encourage action. However, there are few...
Are data available to measure and track progress in the coverage of essential nutrition actions in South Asia? A review of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in seven countries, 2005-2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms. As global recommendations are updated based on available evidence, it is anticipated...
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...
Webinar for NIPN about Lancet 2021 series on nutrition
DataDENT presented two papers about Lancet 2021 series on nutrition 1) Sharing key findings from The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress 2021 2) Exemplars in Global Health: Stunting Reduction Exemplars...
Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy: A comparison of infant and young child feeding and food fortification in Nigeria
Discussion Paper | https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134724 Date of Publication | October 2021 Abstract: The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been...
How can N4G 2021 commitments strengthen the nutrition data value chain?
On 7-8 December 2021, the Government of Japan will host the second Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit. N4G is a high-profile advocacy event that calls on governments, development partners, and the private sector to make public commitments to actions that will...
Improving nutrition through accountability and data systems: SMART Nutrition for Growth (N4G) data commitments
Guidance | PDF 324KB Publication Date | September 2021 As a collaborating partner of the Nutrition Data Partners Group, DataDENT supported the development of recommendations for “shaping commitments to improve nutrition data and accountability in support of food,...
Advancing the quality of care measurement agenda for nutrition
Much of DataDENT's work has focused in on improving the measurement of nutrition intervention coverage. We have worked to develop new coverage indicators for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) counseling and Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection,...
Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies and programs in South Asia?
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...
Developing effective data visualization tools for nutrition: Reflections on the design of a Nutrition Scorecard in Nigeria
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13319.1 Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: There has been a growing number of nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) to monitor progress towards targets and encourage action. However, there are few...
Are data available to measure and track progress in the coverage of essential nutrition actions in South Asia? A review of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in seven countries, 2005-2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms. As global recommendations are updated based on available evidence, it is anticipated...