Journal Article | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34466772/ Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: Background The WHO-UNICEF minimum dietary diversity (MDD) indicator for children aged 6–23 mo is a global monitoring indicator used to track multi-year...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
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...
Transforming Nutrition in West Africa – new knowledge for policy and program action
Transforming Nutrition in West Africa New Knowledge for Policy and Program Action (June 2021)
Mind the (data) gap: Understanding the gender dimensions of food security
Gender is a social determinant of health which can have a significant impact on an individual’s nutrition status. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) Nutrition Equity Framework illustrates how basic and underlying determinants, including gender, are interlinked and...
Creating effective accountability DVTs: Four lessons from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Nutrition Scorecard
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is a non-partisan policy-hub dedicated to promoting good governance and development at the sub-national level. The forum has a strong track record of using data to inform decision-making and improve advocacy among Nigeria’s...
Improving the service provision assessment to measure select Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative key indicators
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...
Advancing the data and accountability agenda for maternal and child undernutrition
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...
Mobilizing evidence, data and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the SDGs: An agenda for action
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...
Standing Together for Better Nutrition Data during COVID-19 and beyond
Since mid-2020, DataDENT team members have been actively involved in Standing Together for Nutrition (STfN)—a multidisciplinary consortium of economics, nutrition, and health systems experts committed to addressing COVID-related nutrition challenges. To date the...
What data do nutrition stakeholders use and how can we better meet their needs?
The global nutrition community is remarkably diverse: its stakeholders include people working in vastly different fields, from health to agriculture, to water and sanitation and in roles ranging from program management to policy development to issue-based advocacy....
Season of data collection for child diet diversity indicators may affect conclusions about longer-term trends in Peru, Senegal and Nepal
Journal Article | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34466772/ Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: Background The WHO-UNICEF minimum dietary diversity (MDD) indicator for children aged 6–23 mo is a global monitoring indicator used to track multi-year...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
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...
Transforming Nutrition in West Africa – new knowledge for policy and program action
Transforming Nutrition in West Africa New Knowledge for Policy and Program Action (June 2021)
Mind the (data) gap: Understanding the gender dimensions of food security
Gender is a social determinant of health which can have a significant impact on an individual’s nutrition status. The 2020 Global Nutrition Report (GNR) Nutrition Equity Framework illustrates how basic and underlying determinants, including gender, are interlinked and...
Creating effective accountability DVTs: Four lessons from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Nutrition Scorecard
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) is a non-partisan policy-hub dedicated to promoting good governance and development at the sub-national level. The forum has a strong track record of using data to inform decision-making and improve advocacy among Nigeria’s...
Improving the service provision assessment to measure select Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative key indicators
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...
Advancing the data and accountability agenda for maternal and child undernutrition
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...
Mobilizing evidence, data and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the SDGs: An agenda for action
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...
Standing Together for Better Nutrition Data during COVID-19 and beyond
Since mid-2020, DataDENT team members have been actively involved in Standing Together for Nutrition (STfN)—a multidisciplinary consortium of economics, nutrition, and health systems experts committed to addressing COVID-related nutrition challenges. To date the...
What data do nutrition stakeholders use and how can we better meet their needs?
The global nutrition community is remarkably diverse: its stakeholders include people working in vastly different fields, from health to agriculture, to water and sanitation and in roles ranging from program management to policy development to issue-based advocacy....