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...
Availability of national policies, programmes, and survey‐based coverage data to track nutrition interventions in South Asia
Manuscript | 10.1111/mcn.13555 Date of Publication | January 2024 Abstract: Progress to improve nutrition among women, infants and children in South Asia has fallen behind the pace needed to meet established global targets. Renewed political commitment and monitoring...
Making school feeding count for nutrition: A call for investing in more and better data
Poverty pushes almost one in every 10 children around the world to skip school and work to earn. Such conditions can perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition. Amid all this, can school help? School meal programs have emerged as a beacon of hope,...
Who is being reached by nutrition-sensitive social protection programs? Advancing methods for measuring NSSP coverage using household surveys
Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...
How many tablets did you take during pregnancy? Addressing the challenges of maternal micronutrient coverage measurement
Maternal nutrition has been gaining traction as a policy priority across low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Investing in good nutrition for women before and during pregnancy is fundamental for the health and survival of both mothers and infants. According to the...
NNS/SMART 2020 Survey Report with questionnaire in annex
Burkina Faso National Nutrition Survey 2020 took place from October 18 to November 10, 2020, in the context of Covid-19. The survey covered 36 provinces and 4 regions (Boucle du Mouhoun, North, East and Sahel). The survey investigated the prevalence of malnutrition...
New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 questionnaires
Date and Time: December 18, 2019 at 9:00 AM EST/2:00 PM GMT Format: 60 minute webinar with presentations from 3 expert panelists followed by a Q&A Speakers: Sorrel Namaste Senior Nutrition Technical Advisor @The DHS Program Erin Milner Nutrition Advisor @USAID...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
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...
More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia
Journal Article | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001991 Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1)...
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...
Availability of national policies, programmes, and survey‐based coverage data to track nutrition interventions in South Asia
Manuscript | 10.1111/mcn.13555 Date of Publication | January 2024 Abstract: Progress to improve nutrition among women, infants and children in South Asia has fallen behind the pace needed to meet established global targets. Renewed political commitment and monitoring...
Making school feeding count for nutrition: A call for investing in more and better data
Poverty pushes almost one in every 10 children around the world to skip school and work to earn. Such conditions can perpetuate the vicious cycle of poverty and malnutrition. Amid all this, can school help? School meal programs have emerged as a beacon of hope,...
Who is being reached by nutrition-sensitive social protection programs? Advancing methods for measuring NSSP coverage using household surveys
Nutrition-sensitive social protection (NSSP) refers to a subset of social protection poverty alleviation programs that include targeting approaches, interventions, and conditions to address the underlying determinants of malnutrition (Ruel 2013). Design features that...
How many tablets did you take during pregnancy? Addressing the challenges of maternal micronutrient coverage measurement
Maternal nutrition has been gaining traction as a policy priority across low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Investing in good nutrition for women before and during pregnancy is fundamental for the health and survival of both mothers and infants. According to the...
NNS/SMART 2020 Survey Report with questionnaire in annex
Burkina Faso National Nutrition Survey 2020 took place from October 18 to November 10, 2020, in the context of Covid-19. The survey covered 36 provinces and 4 regions (Boucle du Mouhoun, North, East and Sahel). The survey investigated the prevalence of malnutrition...
New data for nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 questionnaires
Date and Time: December 18, 2019 at 9:00 AM EST/2:00 PM GMT Format: 60 minute webinar with presentations from 3 expert panelists followed by a Q&A Speakers: Sorrel Namaste Senior Nutrition Technical Advisor @The DHS Program Erin Milner Nutrition Advisor @USAID...
Beyond Borders: Insights from challenges in collecting nutrition data from United States household surveys
Low, middle, and high-income countries (LMIC) face similar challenges when collecting population-level data to inform nutrition policies & programs. Earlier this year, the American Society of Nutrition's (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy published a...
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...
More is not enough: High quantity and high quality antenatal care are both needed to prevent low birthweight in South Asia
Journal Article | https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001991 Date of Publication | June 2023 Abstract Antenatal care (ANC) is an opportunity to receive interventions that can prevent low birth weight (LBW). We sought to 1)...