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...
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...
Technical Notes for the WHO-UNICEF National Nutrition Information System Guidance
The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) created the first-ever global guidance on NNIS to outline core concepts of a National Nutrition Information Systems (NNIS). Technical Notes are designed to help stakeholders understand and...
Linking food security and nutrition through data: Metrics to use and core competencies needed for food and nutrition data literacy
In June 2023, DataDENT participated in a side session at the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week (ANH2023) held in Malawi and online. The session, Going Deeper with Data and Methods to Improve Understanding of Food and Nutrition Security Linkages, was a...
Developing effective data visualization tools for nutrition: Reflections on the design of a Nutrition Scorecard in Nigeria
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13319.1 Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: There has been a growing number of nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) to monitor progress towards targets and encourage action. However, there are few...
Digging in to the DHS and MICS nutrition data
The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are primary sources of nationally-representative maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition data for the global health community. In an online survey conducted by DataDENT earlier...
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...
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...
Technical Notes for the WHO-UNICEF National Nutrition Information System Guidance
The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring (TEAM) created the first-ever global guidance on NNIS to outline core concepts of a National Nutrition Information Systems (NNIS). Technical Notes are designed to help stakeholders understand and...
Linking food security and nutrition through data: Metrics to use and core competencies needed for food and nutrition data literacy
In June 2023, DataDENT participated in a side session at the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week (ANH2023) held in Malawi and online. The session, Going Deeper with Data and Methods to Improve Understanding of Food and Nutrition Security Linkages, was a...
Developing effective data visualization tools for nutrition: Reflections on the design of a Nutrition Scorecard in Nigeria
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13319.1 Date of Publication | July 2021 Abstract: There has been a growing number of nutrition data visualization tools (DVTs) to monitor progress towards targets and encourage action. However, there are few...
Digging in to the DHS and MICS nutrition data
The Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) are primary sources of nationally-representative maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition data for the global health community. In an online survey conducted by DataDENT earlier...