DataDENT co-hosted a side-event on intervention coverage measurement at D4N2025 conference in Nepal, “Who is being reached? Advancing coverage measurement of multisectoral nutrition interventions." Speakers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)...
Who is being reached? Rethinking how to collect, analyze and use data on the coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions
DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...
Learnings from formative research on measuring coverage of Large-Scale Food Fortification in household surveys in Bangladesh and Ethiopia
Many governments and donors are investing in Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) as a cost-effective strategy for preventing micronutrient deficiencies. However, gaps in data on household-level coverage of LSFF are common for most foods except salt. In a previous...
Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...
Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction: Despite global commitments to eliminate malnutrition, over half of the world’s population remains affected. Multi-sectoral nutrition interventions...
Measuring food fortification coverage in large-scale household surveys: Challenges and opportunities
Micronutrient deficiencies affect 1 in 3 persons globally and contribute to disease and lost productivity. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a widely used strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies by adding micronutrients to staple foods at the point of...
Voice, access, and ownership: Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy in India and Nigeria
Journal Article | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-024-01451-2.pdf Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract What constitutes an enabling environment for nutrition advocacy in low- and middle-income countries? While a sizeable body of scholarship...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
What is advocacy for nutrition policy? Many policy reforms emerge after sustained periods of advocacy. In the field of nutrition, advocates have played a critical role in raising awareness about the causes and consequences of malnutrition and which interventions...
Updated guidance on measuring fortification coverage
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has released new guidance on measuring coverage of food fortification. The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) provides standardized tools to collect, analyze and synthesize data on quality, coverage, and...
Who is being reached? Advancing coverage measurement of multisectoral nutrition interventions
DataDENT co-hosted a side-event on intervention coverage measurement at D4N2025 conference in Nepal, “Who is being reached? Advancing coverage measurement of multisectoral nutrition interventions." Speakers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)...
Who is being reached? Rethinking how to collect, analyze and use data on the coverage of multisectoral nutrition interventions
DataDENT hosted a Scientific Symposium at the IUNS- ICN 2025 conference that presented a synthesis of our work to improve the collection and use of multisector intervention coverage data. Objectives: To identify common challenges with current approaches to...
Learnings from formative research on measuring coverage of Large-Scale Food Fortification in household surveys in Bangladesh and Ethiopia
Many governments and donors are investing in Large-Scale Food Fortification (LSFF) as a cost-effective strategy for preventing micronutrient deficiencies. However, gaps in data on household-level coverage of LSFF are common for most foods except salt. In a previous...
Improving multi-sectoral nutrition coverage measurement: The One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Over the last two decades many low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) have developed multi-sectoral nutrition policies to address high rates of malnutrition across their populations. As of 2022, 45 out of 66 Scaling Up for Nutrition (SUN) countries have a national...
Methodological considerations and cost to measure coverage of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions: Protocol for the One Nutrition Coverage Survey in Bangladesh
Preprint Article | https://doi.org/10.12688/verixiv.754.1 Date of Publication | March 2025 Abstract Introduction: Despite global commitments to eliminate malnutrition, over half of the world’s population remains affected. Multi-sectoral nutrition interventions...
Measuring food fortification coverage in large-scale household surveys: Challenges and opportunities
Micronutrient deficiencies affect 1 in 3 persons globally and contribute to disease and lost productivity. Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a widely used strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies by adding micronutrients to staple foods at the point of...
Voice, access, and ownership: Enabling environments for nutrition advocacy in India and Nigeria
Journal Article | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12571-024-01451-2.pdf Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract What constitutes an enabling environment for nutrition advocacy in low- and middle-income countries? While a sizeable body of scholarship...
Measuring the effectiveness of nutrition advocacy
What is advocacy for nutrition policy? Many policy reforms emerge after sustained periods of advocacy. In the field of nutrition, advocates have played a critical role in raising awareness about the causes and consequences of malnutrition and which interventions...
Updated guidance on measuring fortification coverage
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has released new guidance on measuring coverage of food fortification. The Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) provides standardized tools to collect, analyze and synthesize data on quality, coverage, and...