We previously reported hearing the following question from our national partners: How do we strengthen capacity to use nutrition data? To help answer this question, DataDENT is taking a critical look at the knowledge and skills underpinning this capacity at the...
Bringing a human-centered approach to strengthening nutrition data value chains
Questions that DataDENT regularly hears from our national partners include “how do we strengthen capacity to use data?” and “how do we improve data quality?” DataDENT’s answer to each of these questions is to start with understanding the desires, needs, and...
Filling the capacity gap to support the scale-up of multisector nutrition data platforms in Ethiopia
DataDENT champions strategic planning, financing, and capacity strengthening as pillars of a strong enabling environment for nutrition data. DataDENT has supported governments and partners in Africa and South Asia in developing strategic outputs harmonized with...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
Strategic leadership, financing & capacity strengthening: Essential elements for a strong nutrition data value chain
"Finding high-value uses and creating a process to transform raw data into actionable information is the essence of the data value chain. …. Ultimately, when data are put to use, they have an impact: a decision is made, a condition is altered, and someone’s well-being...
Three insights into costing and financing nutrition information systems
Multisector nutrition information systems (NIS) are gaining traction at national and global levels. In 2021, WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) released guidance on national NIS, and partners, including DataDENT, are supporting...
Building a strong data foundation for Nigeria’s Nutrition Information System
Earlier today in Abuja, the Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria officially launched the Health Sector Recommendations for Nutrition Indicators Collected Nationally in Nigeria. This document is a key output from the ongoing collaboration between the government of...
Situational analysis of the landscape of nutrition data financing in Ethiopia
Financing a nutrition information system: Insights from a financing landscape assessment in Ethiopia Brief | 539 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 In 2022 DataDENT collaborated with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to conduct a financing landscape to...
Building consensus on data priorities for a national nutrition information system: Lessons from Nigeria’s health sector
DataDENT support for Nigeria’s Nutrition Information System (NIS) Health Sector Recommendations for Nutrition Indicators Collected Nationally in Nigeria Recommendations | PDF 2,185 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)...
Financing a nutrition information system: Insights from a financing landscape assessment in Ethiopia
Brief | 539 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 In 2022 DataDENT collaborated with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to conduct a financing landscape to support the planning and implementation of Strategy 12 of the Food and Nutrition Strategy (FNS) which...
What knowledge and skills support better use of nutrition data?
We previously reported hearing the following question from our national partners: How do we strengthen capacity to use nutrition data? To help answer this question, DataDENT is taking a critical look at the knowledge and skills underpinning this capacity at the...
Bringing a human-centered approach to strengthening nutrition data value chains
Questions that DataDENT regularly hears from our national partners include “how do we strengthen capacity to use data?” and “how do we improve data quality?” DataDENT’s answer to each of these questions is to start with understanding the desires, needs, and...
Filling the capacity gap to support the scale-up of multisector nutrition data platforms in Ethiopia
DataDENT champions strategic planning, financing, and capacity strengthening as pillars of a strong enabling environment for nutrition data. DataDENT has supported governments and partners in Africa and South Asia in developing strategic outputs harmonized with...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
Strategic leadership, financing & capacity strengthening: Essential elements for a strong nutrition data value chain
"Finding high-value uses and creating a process to transform raw data into actionable information is the essence of the data value chain. …. Ultimately, when data are put to use, they have an impact: a decision is made, a condition is altered, and someone’s well-being...
Three insights into costing and financing nutrition information systems
Multisector nutrition information systems (NIS) are gaining traction at national and global levels. In 2021, WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) released guidance on national NIS, and partners, including DataDENT, are supporting...
Building a strong data foundation for Nigeria’s Nutrition Information System
Earlier today in Abuja, the Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria officially launched the Health Sector Recommendations for Nutrition Indicators Collected Nationally in Nigeria. This document is a key output from the ongoing collaboration between the government of...
Situational analysis of the landscape of nutrition data financing in Ethiopia
Financing a nutrition information system: Insights from a financing landscape assessment in Ethiopia Brief | 539 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 In 2022 DataDENT collaborated with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to conduct a financing landscape to...
Building consensus on data priorities for a national nutrition information system: Lessons from Nigeria’s health sector
DataDENT support for Nigeria’s Nutrition Information System (NIS) Health Sector Recommendations for Nutrition Indicators Collected Nationally in Nigeria Recommendations | PDF 2,185 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)...
Financing a nutrition information system: Insights from a financing landscape assessment in Ethiopia
Brief | 539 KB Date of Publication | August 2022 In 2022 DataDENT collaborated with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) to conduct a financing landscape to support the planning and implementation of Strategy 12 of the Food and Nutrition Strategy (FNS) which...