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...
Health sector recommendations for nutrition indicators collected nationally in Nigeria
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) collaborated with DataDENT and partners to produce recommendations for...
Staying committed: The importance of nutrition data financing
A wide range of nutrition stakeholders came together in early December 2021 for the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit. Accountability—including “quality data collection and evidence-based progress measurements and reporting”—was one of the event’s five thematic...
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...
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...
Health sector recommendations for nutrition indicators collected nationally in Nigeria
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) collaborated with DataDENT and partners to produce recommendations for...
Staying committed: The importance of nutrition data financing
A wide range of nutrition stakeholders came together in early December 2021 for the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit. Accountability—including “quality data collection and evidence-based progress measurements and reporting”—was one of the event’s five thematic...
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...