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2019 DataDENT Highlights

2019 was an exciting year for DataDENT with milestones addressing challenges across the nutrition data value chain. Here we revisit our work highlighted through our top blog posts from this past year and look ahead at what is to come in 2020. New Demographic and...

The Case of the Missing Data

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is one of the most widely used sources of nutrition data. The GNR reports on progress against global nutrition targets in 194 countries. In October 2019, GNR launched updated Country Nutrition Profiles. Note: In May 2020, GNR launched...

Similar but not the same: The challenge of comparing indicators across nutrition data tools

Laura Becker, Renee Manorat, and Kyle Borces (R4D), Audrey Buckland, and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

High-quality nutrition data is critical for country stakeholders, advocates, funders, and many others to assess needs, measure progress, and ultimately make decisions to take action. However, as our global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping...

World Health Assembly: Monitoring Progress of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition Progress through the Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA)

Progress on nutrition commitments: where are we now? Between May 20-28 of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold the 72nd annual World Health Assembly (WHA). The WHA is the decision-making body of the WHO at which Member States gather to review and...

2019 DataDENT Highlights

2019 was an exciting year for DataDENT with milestones addressing challenges across the nutrition data value chain. Here we revisit our work highlighted through our top blog posts from this past year and look ahead at what is to come in 2020. New Demographic and...

The Case of the Missing Data

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) is one of the most widely used sources of nutrition data. The GNR reports on progress against global nutrition targets in 194 countries. In October 2019, GNR launched updated Country Nutrition Profiles. Note: In May 2020, GNR launched...

Similar but not the same: The challenge of comparing indicators across nutrition data tools

Laura Becker, Renee Manorat, and Kyle Borces (R4D), Audrey Buckland, and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

High-quality nutrition data is critical for country stakeholders, advocates, funders, and many others to assess needs, measure progress, and ultimately make decisions to take action. However, as our global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping...

World Health Assembly: Monitoring Progress of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition Progress through the Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action (GINA)

Progress on nutrition commitments: where are we now? Between May 20-28 of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold the 72nd annual World Health Assembly (WHA). The WHA is the decision-making body of the WHO at which Member States gather to review and...

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