© 2017 Dr. Mohd. Irfan Ahamad Seyyed, Courtesy of Photoshare March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has been an official day to...
Breastfeeding counseling: The need for actionable data
© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare In early 2019, the WHO released global guidance that recommends breastfeeding counseling for all women starting during pregnancy up until the child is two years or older. However, data on the coverage of breastfeeding...
Recommendations to update nutrition content of the Demographic and Health Surveys
Over the past five months, Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) has been working with a diverse group of lead authors and technical reviewers from the nutrition community to develop a set of ten recommendations for the Demographic and...
Preliminary findings from an online nutrition stakeholders survey
With the commitment outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals of ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030, there is growing global demand for information to track nutritional status and its determinants including intervention coverage. To document what type of...
Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum of care: time to act at scale
Journal Article | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001290 Date of Publication | January 2019 Abstract: The global community is committed to addressing malnutrition. And yet, coverage data for high-impact interventions along the continuum of care remain scarce due...
Release of Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments Meeting Report
The full meeting report, presentations, and working group notes from the Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) are now available on the DataDENT website here.
Technical consultation on measuring nutrition in population-based household surveys and associated facility assessments
Full Report | PDF 25MB Executive summary | PDF 551KB Main report body (no annexes) | PDF 2MB Annexes | PDF 25MB Date of Publication | December 2018 On September 19-20, 2018, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International...
How can we advance nutrition measurement?
Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) Last month, DataDENT collaborated with partners for two events to discuss how we can improve coverage measurement of...
Partner Interview: Nutrition Needs a Data Revolution
We sat down with members of the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Rahul Rawat, Senior Program Officer responsible for the DataDENT grant, and Ellen Piwoz, Lead of the Data Analytics and Evidence initiative. Rebecca Heidkamp, a faculty member...
Consultation on approaches to measure coverage of nutrition counselling interventions
Meeting Report | PDF 1.7 MB Date of Publication | November 2018 On September 17, 2018, Alive & Thrive and Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) organized a joint consultation with the WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on...
Malnutrition: a key barrier to women and girls’ empowerment
© 2017 Dr. Mohd. Irfan Ahamad Seyyed, Courtesy of Photoshare March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has been an official day to...
Breastfeeding counseling: The need for actionable data
© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare In early 2019, the WHO released global guidance that recommends breastfeeding counseling for all women starting during pregnancy up until the child is two years or older. However, data on the coverage of breastfeeding...
Recommendations to update nutrition content of the Demographic and Health Surveys
Over the past five months, Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) has been working with a diverse group of lead authors and technical reviewers from the nutrition community to develop a set of ten recommendations for the Demographic and...
Preliminary findings from an online nutrition stakeholders survey
With the commitment outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals of ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030, there is growing global demand for information to track nutritional status and its determinants including intervention coverage. To document what type of...
Measuring the coverage of nutrition interventions along the continuum of care: time to act at scale
Journal Article | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001290 Date of Publication | January 2019 Abstract: The global community is committed to addressing malnutrition. And yet, coverage data for high-impact interventions along the continuum of care remain scarce due...
Release of Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments Meeting Report
The full meeting report, presentations, and working group notes from the Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) are now available on the DataDENT website here.
Technical consultation on measuring nutrition in population-based household surveys and associated facility assessments
Full Report | PDF 25MB Executive summary | PDF 551KB Main report body (no annexes) | PDF 2MB Annexes | PDF 25MB Date of Publication | December 2018 On September 19-20, 2018, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International...
How can we advance nutrition measurement?
Technical Consultation on Measuring Nutrition in Population-Based Household Surveys and Associated Facility Assessments (September 19-20, 2018) Last month, DataDENT collaborated with partners for two events to discuss how we can improve coverage measurement of...
Partner Interview: Nutrition Needs a Data Revolution
We sat down with members of the Nutrition team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Rahul Rawat, Senior Program Officer responsible for the DataDENT grant, and Ellen Piwoz, Lead of the Data Analytics and Evidence initiative. Rebecca Heidkamp, a faculty member...
Consultation on approaches to measure coverage of nutrition counselling interventions
Meeting Report | PDF 1.7 MB Date of Publication | November 2018 On September 17, 2018, Alive & Thrive and Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) organized a joint consultation with the WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on...