Forum Website: Together for Nutrition West African Data Forum Data Visualization Workshop, Saly, Senegal (February 2020) In collaboration with Transform Nutrition West Africa (led by IFPRI), UNICEF, Countdown to 20130, Alive & Thrive, USAID, WHO, WAHO, and NIPN,...
Data for Nutrition webinar – New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 Questionnaires
Over the past several months, DataDENT has been facilitating the launch of the Data for Nutrition (DfN) Community of Practice. DfN provides community members with opportunities to share knowledge, experience, evidence, and questions related to how we can strengthen...
More or Better Data for Improved Decision-making for Nutrition
DataDENT participated in the workshop “More or better data for improved decision-making for nutrition”. View the workshop’s abstract and key reflections in the meeting report here.
Overview of new nutrition questions in the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) core questionnaires
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program just released the new DHS model questionnaires for round 8 (2018-2023). We previously shared on the blog how DHS and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are main sources of nationally-representative maternal,...
How can we better support countries to build and maintain nutrition data and information systems?
The first Global Nutrition Report (GNR) in 2014 called for a “data revolution” in nutrition, recognizing that data investments are needed to enable countries to design and implement effective policies and programs, mobilize resources, and monitor progress. While some...
Overview of WHO’s Essential nutrition actions: Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course
This week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN Member States adopted a landmark declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). Improving integration of nutrition interventions within health services is a key component of UHC and tackling malnutrition...
The power of the spotlight: Data in global nutrition advocacy
In the past decade, the availability and use of data have shed light on the importance of addressing malnutrition to improve human health and well-being. At the same time, high profile advocacy events have pushed the nutrition profile even further. Hand-in-hand, data...
India Nutrition Data Bonanza
In order to support India’s robust policy framework for nutrition, it is imperative that the nutrition community converge on measurement metrics and programmatic actions. On May 1, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Bill & Melinda Gates...
Nutrition data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders
ASN Nutrition 2019 DataDENT’s Audrey Buckland (JHSPH) presented “Nutrition Data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders” View Poster
The World Health Assembly Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework: Aspiring to track global progress in nutrition
Accelerating nutrition progress through target setting Source: World Health Organization. Global Targets 2025. https://www.who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/en/ In the wake of the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) became a...
Together for Nutrition West African Data Forum
Forum Website: Together for Nutrition West African Data Forum Data Visualization Workshop, Saly, Senegal (February 2020) In collaboration with Transform Nutrition West Africa (led by IFPRI), UNICEF, Countdown to 20130, Alive & Thrive, USAID, WHO, WAHO, and NIPN,...
Data for Nutrition webinar – New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 Questionnaires
Over the past several months, DataDENT has been facilitating the launch of the Data for Nutrition (DfN) Community of Practice. DfN provides community members with opportunities to share knowledge, experience, evidence, and questions related to how we can strengthen...
More or Better Data for Improved Decision-making for Nutrition
DataDENT participated in the workshop “More or better data for improved decision-making for nutrition”. View the workshop’s abstract and key reflections in the meeting report here.
Overview of new nutrition questions in the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) core questionnaires
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program just released the new DHS model questionnaires for round 8 (2018-2023). We previously shared on the blog how DHS and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are main sources of nationally-representative maternal,...
How can we better support countries to build and maintain nutrition data and information systems?
The first Global Nutrition Report (GNR) in 2014 called for a “data revolution” in nutrition, recognizing that data investments are needed to enable countries to design and implement effective policies and programs, mobilize resources, and monitor progress. While some...
Overview of WHO’s Essential nutrition actions: Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course
This week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN Member States adopted a landmark declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). Improving integration of nutrition interventions within health services is a key component of UHC and tackling malnutrition...
The power of the spotlight: Data in global nutrition advocacy
In the past decade, the availability and use of data have shed light on the importance of addressing malnutrition to improve human health and well-being. At the same time, high profile advocacy events have pushed the nutrition profile even further. Hand-in-hand, data...
India Nutrition Data Bonanza
In order to support India’s robust policy framework for nutrition, it is imperative that the nutrition community converge on measurement metrics and programmatic actions. On May 1, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Bill & Melinda Gates...
Nutrition data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders
ASN Nutrition 2019 DataDENT’s Audrey Buckland (JHSPH) presented “Nutrition Data use and needs: Findings from an online survey of global nutrition stakeholders” View Poster
The World Health Assembly Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework: Aspiring to track global progress in nutrition
Accelerating nutrition progress through target setting Source: World Health Organization. Global Targets 2025. https://www.who.int/nutrition/global-target-2025/en/ In the wake of the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) became a...