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Ensuring readiness to monitor the reach of new nutrition interventions: A call to invest in coverage indicator development and validation

Melinda Munos (BSPH)

When a new nutrition intervention is introduced, stakeholders need to monitor the progress of scale up. However, there is often a lag between the introduction of an intervention and its integration into national data systems, including household surveys and...

How many tablets did you take during pregnancy? Addressing the challenges of maternal micronutrient coverage measurement

Shelley Walton, Ellina Wood, and Melinda Munos (BSPH)

To improve birth outcomes and other aspects of maternal and child health and wellbeing, WHO guidance on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience[2], released in 2016 and updated in 2020[3], recommends micronutrient interventions including, iron and folic...

More to come: Taking stock of DataDENT’s 2021 achievements and 2022 plans

Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

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...

Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys

Tricia Aung and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

We are thrilled to launch the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys today! The Compendium is a technical resource that can help national and subnational stakeholders fill information gaps around who is receiving...

How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition? 

Heidkamp RA, Wilson E, Menon P, et al. British Medical Journal. 2020

Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6911 Date of Publication | September 2020 Key Messages: • Most essential nutrition interventions are delivered through health systems • Global movements to scale up effective nutrition interventions and achieve universal...

Ensuring readiness to monitor the reach of new nutrition interventions: A call to invest in coverage indicator development and validation

Melinda Munos (BSPH)

When a new nutrition intervention is introduced, stakeholders need to monitor the progress of scale up. However, there is often a lag between the introduction of an intervention and its integration into national data systems, including household surveys and...

How many tablets did you take during pregnancy? Addressing the challenges of maternal micronutrient coverage measurement

Shelley Walton, Ellina Wood, and Melinda Munos (BSPH)

To improve birth outcomes and other aspects of maternal and child health and wellbeing, WHO guidance on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience[2], released in 2016 and updated in 2020[3], recommends micronutrient interventions including, iron and folic...

More to come: Taking stock of DataDENT’s 2021 achievements and 2022 plans

Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

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...

Launch of the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys

Tricia Aung and Rebecca Heidkamp (BSPH)

We are thrilled to launch the Compendium of Nutrition Intervention Coverage Indicators & Questions for Household Surveys today! The Compendium is a technical resource that can help national and subnational stakeholders fill information gaps around who is receiving...

How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition? 

Heidkamp RA, Wilson E, Menon P, et al. British Medical Journal. 2020

Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6911 Date of Publication | September 2020 Key Messages: • Most essential nutrition interventions are delivered through health systems • Global movements to scale up effective nutrition interventions and achieve universal...

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