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...
Beyond Definition: Attaching meaning to indicators
A worker with the partner organization of Save the Children measures a child in the slums of Govandi, Mumbai, India. © 2016 Mayank Soni (Save the Children), Courtesy of Photoshare An interview with Jef Leroy, IFPRI Stunting, or children assessed as too short for their...
Nutrition recommendations for Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 core questionnaire
Download: Summary of Recommendations | PDF 73KB Description of New Content in DHS-8 | PDF 84KB Date of Publication | May 2019 Between September 2018 and March 2019, DataDENT worked with stakeholders to develop a set of nutrition recommendations for DHS. The “Summary...
Innovations in nutrition measurement: Lessons learned from population-based household surveys in Burkina Faso and Kenya
A resident enumerator in Burkina Faso prepares for the third round of data collection for PMA2020, a mobile technology-based survey project that supports routine, rapid-turnaround, high quality data on family planning and other health indicators. ©2016 PMA2020/Shani...
Inspiration from the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) community: Core questions on WASH for household surveys
© 2014 Faisal Azim, Courtesy of Photoshare World Water Day 2019’s theme of “Leaving no one behind” focuses on vulnerable populations—including women, children, refugees, and indigenous peoples—that lack access to safe water. This theme is aligned with Sustainable...
Quantifying the nutrition transition among children in low- and middle-income countries
© 2012 Akintunde Akinleye/NURHI, Courtesy of Photoshare Over 25 years ago, Dr. Barry Popkin described a global “nutrition transition” – a shift of diets high in fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats to diets high in sugar, saturated fat, and processed foods [1]. This...
Malnutrition: A key barrier to women and girls’ empowerment
© 2017 Dr. Mohd. Irfan Ahamad Seyyed, Courtesy of Photoshare March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has been an official day to...
Breastfeeding Counseling: The need for actionable data
© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare In early 2019, the WHO released global guidance that recommends breastfeeding counseling for all women starting during pregnancy up until the child is two years or older. However, data on the coverage of breastfeeding...
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...
Beyond Definition: Attaching meaning to indicators
A worker with the partner organization of Save the Children measures a child in the slums of Govandi, Mumbai, India. © 2016 Mayank Soni (Save the Children), Courtesy of Photoshare An interview with Jef Leroy, IFPRI Stunting, or children assessed as too short for their...
Nutrition recommendations for Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 core questionnaire
Download: Summary of Recommendations | PDF 73KB Description of New Content in DHS-8 | PDF 84KB Date of Publication | May 2019 Between September 2018 and March 2019, DataDENT worked with stakeholders to develop a set of nutrition recommendations for DHS. The “Summary...
Innovations in nutrition measurement: Lessons learned from population-based household surveys in Burkina Faso and Kenya
A resident enumerator in Burkina Faso prepares for the third round of data collection for PMA2020, a mobile technology-based survey project that supports routine, rapid-turnaround, high quality data on family planning and other health indicators. ©2016 PMA2020/Shani...
Inspiration from the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) community: Core questions on WASH for household surveys
© 2014 Faisal Azim, Courtesy of Photoshare World Water Day 2019’s theme of “Leaving no one behind” focuses on vulnerable populations—including women, children, refugees, and indigenous peoples—that lack access to safe water. This theme is aligned with Sustainable...
Quantifying the nutrition transition among children in low- and middle-income countries
© 2012 Akintunde Akinleye/NURHI, Courtesy of Photoshare Over 25 years ago, Dr. Barry Popkin described a global “nutrition transition” – a shift of diets high in fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats to diets high in sugar, saturated fat, and processed foods [1]. This...
Malnutrition: A key barrier to women and girls’ empowerment
© 2017 Dr. Mohd. Irfan Ahamad Seyyed, Courtesy of Photoshare March 8th marks International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political contributions of women. Since 1911, International Women’s Day has been an official day to...
Breastfeeding Counseling: The need for actionable data
© 2016 Sanjeeta/CCP India, Courtesy of Photoshare In early 2019, the WHO released global guidance that recommends breastfeeding counseling for all women starting during pregnancy up until the child is two years or older. However, data on the coverage of breastfeeding...