Schools across the world closed alongside national lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving many children without access to school meals. Schools are important platforms for delivering high-impact health, nutrition-specific, and nutrition-sensitive...
Unpacking a framework for measuring infant and young child feeding counselling coverage in household surveys
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling is important to facilitate optimal feeding practices and improve child survival. I sat down with Sunny Kim, Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute and DataDENT team member, to discuss the...
Using cognitive interviewing to improve survey questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation
IFPRI—an implementing partner of DataDENT—and partners conducted the workshop, “Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Survey Questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation” on September 14, 2020, during the third India-focused implementation...
How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?
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...
South Asia is far from achieving universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions: Examining coverage, trends, and inequities, 2005 to 2018
ASN Nutrition 2020, June 1-4, 2020 (Virtual) In ASN Nutrition in 2020, DataDENT shared coverage, trends, and inequities in South Asia to achieve universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions. DataDENT shared our work “South Asia Is Far from Achieving...
Nutrition Indicator Framework – India
Policy Note | 109KB Date of Publication | June 2020 In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), DataDENT co-funded an activity identifying an indicator list and respective data availability...
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001 Date of Publication | April 2020 Abstract: Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of...
Overview of WHO’s Essential nutrition actions: Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course
This week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN Member States adopted a landmark declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). Improving integration of nutrition interventions within health services is a key component of UHC and tackling malnutrition...
Innovations in nutrition measurement: Lessons learned from population-based household surveys in Burkina Faso and Kenya
PMA2020 Nutrition Survey – Burkina Faso and Kenya: Measurement Innovations Report Report | 1,117 KB Date of Publication | September 2019 In 2017 and 2018, a new nationally-representative nutrition survey module was piloted in Burkina Faso and Kenya by the Performance...
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...
Measure & Adapt: How are school feeding programs changing during COVID-19?
Schools across the world closed alongside national lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving many children without access to school meals. Schools are important platforms for delivering high-impact health, nutrition-specific, and nutrition-sensitive...
Unpacking a framework for measuring infant and young child feeding counselling coverage in household surveys
Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling is important to facilitate optimal feeding practices and improve child survival. I sat down with Sunny Kim, Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute and DataDENT team member, to discuss the...
Using cognitive interviewing to improve survey questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation
IFPRI—an implementing partner of DataDENT—and partners conducted the workshop, “Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Survey Questions: Bridging the gap between the intent and interpretation” on September 14, 2020, during the third India-focused implementation...
How can we realise the full potential of health systems for nutrition?
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...
South Asia is far from achieving universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions: Examining coverage, trends, and inequities, 2005 to 2018
ASN Nutrition 2020, June 1-4, 2020 (Virtual) In ASN Nutrition in 2020, DataDENT shared coverage, trends, and inequities in South Asia to achieve universal coverage of essential nutrition interventions. DataDENT shared our work “South Asia Is Far from Achieving...
Nutrition Indicator Framework – India
Policy Note | 109KB Date of Publication | June 2020 In collaboration with Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN), DataDENT co-funded an activity identifying an indicator list and respective data availability...
Measuring coverage of infant and young child feeding counselling interventions: A framework and empirical considerations for survey question design
Journal Article | https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13001 Date of Publication | April 2020 Abstract: Most countries implement nutrition counselling interventions as part of programmes to support breastfeeding and complementary feeding. However, data to track coverage of...
Overview of WHO’s Essential nutrition actions: Mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course
This week at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), UN Member States adopted a landmark declaration on universal health coverage (UHC). Improving integration of nutrition interventions within health services is a key component of UHC and tackling malnutrition...
Innovations in nutrition measurement: Lessons learned from population-based household surveys in Burkina Faso and Kenya
PMA2020 Nutrition Survey – Burkina Faso and Kenya: Measurement Innovations Report Report | 1,117 KB Date of Publication | September 2019 In 2017 and 2018, a new nationally-representative nutrition survey module was piloted in Burkina Faso and Kenya by the Performance...
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...