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...
Global data visualization tool nutrition indicator mapping
Brief (English – Letter) | PDF 475KB Data file with mapped indicators | XLSX 115KB Date of Publication | August 2019 DataDENT recently carried out a global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping (see detailed analysis and blog post) which found that...
Global data visualization tools empower decision-making in nutrition
Article | PDF 436 KB Date of Publication | August 2019 Key Messages 1. Well-designed data visualization tools (DVTs) can solve certain data challenges facing nutrition stakeholders. DVTs help people understand the meaning of data by placing the most relevant data in...
A landscaping of global data visualization tools for nutrition
R4D conducted a landscaping of 22 global DVTs in nutrition to examine how they contribute to the nutrition landscape as well as identify best practices and lessons learned on how DVTs are used globally and in countries. The PowerPoint presentation and briefs summarize...
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...
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...
A comparison of indicators across nutrition data tools
DataDENT carried out a global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping which found that global nutrition DVTs tend to report on certain types of indicators using different definitions which may lead to different conclusions. To better understand this...
How can data visualization tools support nutrition decision-makers?
Health Extension Worker Meseret Mekura sits in front of graphs outlining the state of health in her community at Remeda Health Post, Sidama Health Zone, Ethiopia. © 2012 Kate Hawkins/Pamoja Communications, Courtesy of Photoshare A nutrition data revolution The 2014...
We live in a breastfeeding unfriendly world
No country in the world has met all guidelines outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for a breastfeeding enabling environment. Led by WHO and UNICEF, the Global Breastfeeding Collective kicked off World...
Launch of DataDENT online survey on data use
Understanding how people use data is critical for developing strong programs and policy in nutrition. Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) is conducting a survey to better understand how people in the multisectoral nutrition...
Similar but not the same: The challenge of comparing indicators across nutrition data tools
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...
Global data visualization tool nutrition indicator mapping
Brief (English – Letter) | PDF 475KB Data file with mapped indicators | XLSX 115KB Date of Publication | August 2019 DataDENT recently carried out a global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping (see detailed analysis and blog post) which found that...
Global data visualization tools empower decision-making in nutrition
Article | PDF 436 KB Date of Publication | August 2019 Key Messages 1. Well-designed data visualization tools (DVTs) can solve certain data challenges facing nutrition stakeholders. DVTs help people understand the meaning of data by placing the most relevant data in...
A landscaping of global data visualization tools for nutrition
R4D conducted a landscaping of 22 global DVTs in nutrition to examine how they contribute to the nutrition landscape as well as identify best practices and lessons learned on how DVTs are used globally and in countries. The PowerPoint presentation and briefs summarize...
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...
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...
A comparison of indicators across nutrition data tools
DataDENT carried out a global data visualization tool (DVT) in nutrition landscaping which found that global nutrition DVTs tend to report on certain types of indicators using different definitions which may lead to different conclusions. To better understand this...
How can data visualization tools support nutrition decision-makers?
Health Extension Worker Meseret Mekura sits in front of graphs outlining the state of health in her community at Remeda Health Post, Sidama Health Zone, Ethiopia. © 2012 Kate Hawkins/Pamoja Communications, Courtesy of Photoshare A nutrition data revolution The 2014...
We live in a breastfeeding unfriendly world
No country in the world has met all guidelines outlined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for a breastfeeding enabling environment. Led by WHO and UNICEF, the Global Breastfeeding Collective kicked off World...
Launch of DataDENT online survey on data use
Understanding how people use data is critical for developing strong programs and policy in nutrition. Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) is conducting a survey to better understand how people in the multisectoral nutrition...