As of August 2022, Data for Nutrition has hosted 19 webinars, including 4 webinars series: ‘Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making’, ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19‘, ‘Survey Sampling Strategies’, and ‘Analytical Methods‘.
You can find all of our webinars on the Data for Nutrition YouTube Channel or by clicking on the titles below.
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Strengthening the monitoring of a national multi-sectoral nutrition plan: Lessons learned from NIPN Côte d‘Ivoire
Description
Malnutrition in Côte d‘Ivoire continues to be a major public health issue. This webinar is based on the case study, “Strengthening the monitoring of a national multi-sectoral nutrition plan: lessons learned from NIPN Côte d‘Ivoire.” The audience can expect to gain an understanding of what a NIPN is and how it operates, as well as how its function as a multisectoral nutrition platform operates to strengthen nutrition outcomes. Speakers include Faustin N’DR, Dr Patricia N’Goran, and Dr Cissé Moussa Moustapha.
Find the webinar materials below
Moderator Spotlight
Julien Chalimbaud
Moderator
Julien Chalimbaud is a Consultant for C4N-NIPN
at Epinut Consulting with 20 years of experience
in Food Security and Nutrition Epidemiology
Meet our Featured Speakers
Faustin N’DRI
Speaker
NIPN-Côte d‘Ivoire National Information Platform for Nutrition
Dr. Cissé Moussa Moustapha
Speaker
Executive Secretary,
National Council for Nutrition, Food and Early Childhood Development (SE-CONNAPE)
Dr. Patricia N’Goran
Speaker
SUN Focal Point & Coordinator,
National Council for Nutrition, Côte d’Ivoire
NIPN Ethiopia: Aligning with food and nutrition security priorities
JRC-UNICEF: How Child wasting has been measured so far
Making the Case for Micronutrient Data
View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here.
Date and Time:
20 September 2022 | 10:00-11:00 am ET / 3:00-4:00 pm WAT / 7:30-8:30 pm IST
Description:
Micronutrient data is an important tool in making informed decisions about nutrition programs. This webinar will highlight some of the ways micronutrient data has been advocated for and used in policy and program decisions. It will also introduce the Micronutrient Forum’s Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance (DInA), which aims to improve the availability, quality, accessibility, and use of micronutrient and large-scale food fortification (LSFF) data. Confirmed speakers include Megan Bourassa (Micronutrient Forum), Dr. Lwin Mar Hlaing (Micronutrient Forum), and Alex Ongla Ndjebayi (Helen Keller International, Cameroon). Q&A will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Megan Bourassa
Program Lead, Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance
Lwin Mar Hlaing
Consultant, Micronutrient Forum
Alex Ongla Ndjebayi
Program Advisor, Helen Keller International, Cameroon
@AlexNdjebayi
Using Data for Decision Making in Large Scale Food Fortification: Examples from the Country and Regional Level
View this event here in the Data for Nutrition community of practice to join the post-webinar discussion from 20 July to 04 August and to access additional materials.
Description:
The Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) is an online tool, which provides unparalleled access to critical data on food fortification all in one place, as well as tools to aid in analysis and visualization. This webinar walked participants through a platform demonstration and provide examples of how in-country decision-makers can use the GFDx. Speakers were Florencia Vasta (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) and Becky Tsang (Iodine Global Network). Q&A followed the presentation.
From 20 July to 04 August, individuals could participate in a discussion event with the webinar speakers to share their questions and experiences using the GFDx tool. View the discussion event here.
Follow the Global Fortification Data Exchange on Twitter: @GFDxSecretariat
Speakers:
Florencia Vasta
Member, Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) Secretariat
Senior Associate, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Becky Tsang
Project Manager, GFDx Secretariat
Technical Officer, Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) Asia
How can innovations advance the nutrition data revolution? Discussion of practical examples from innovation implementors
This event is co-hosted with the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy. View this event in the Data for Nutrition community of practice and access additional materials here.
Date and Time:
28 March 2022 | 9:00-10:30 am ET / 3:00-4:30 pm WAT
Description:
Now more than ever before, there is a need for high quality and real-time data to address challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. New data sources, methods, and technology could hold promise for addressing these data challenges. During this webinar speakers DataDENT and the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy will discuss their recent reviews of the landscape of nutrition data innovations. Speakers from Fraym, Terre des hommes, and Sanku Dosifier will showcase real-world examples of innovations to start a conversation in the nutrition data community about about emerging solutions and the potential of nutrition data innovations for addressing gaps across the data value chain. Confirmed speakers include Melissa Persuad (Fraym) and Riccardo Lampariello (Terre des hommes). Q&A moderated by Muchiri Nyaggah (Results for Development) will follow the presentations.
Speakers:
Melissa Persuad
Director, Growth, Fraym
@fraym_io
Melissa Persaud is the Director of Growth at Fraym and leads the Global Development Porfolio. In this role, she works with partners to leverage geospatial data to design, layer, monitor, and evaluate programs globally. In addition, Melissa has years of experience in mobile messaging and data collection across sectors and a general passion for technology in development. Melissa holds a Master’s in Public Administration–Development Practice from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College. Melissa is also a returned Peace Corps volunteer (Cameroon) and is fluent in French.
Riccardo Lampariello
Division Head, Health,
Terre des hommes
@RLampa75, @tdh_ch
Riccardo Lampariello holds an MSc in Applied Statistics and an MBA. He has over 20 years of experience in Health: from Pharma – where he worked for 10 years in various positions in Clinical Development and Business Development – to International Organizations and International NGOs. In May 2017, Riccardo joined Terre des hommes (the Swiss leading child protection agency improving millions of children’s lives worldwide) where he is Head of the Health division. With a focus on innovation, he drives the development and deployment of innovative projects (both disruptive and incremental), including IeDA, one of the largest digital health solutions in Sub Saharan Africa.
Felix Brooks-Church
Co-Founder and CEO,
Project Healthy Children
@sanku_PHC, @felixbchurch
Felix Brooks-Church co-founded and leads Sanku, a fast-growing social enterprise working to combat hidden hunger and save lives by giving small mills the tools they need to fortify maize flour, an East African staple. Felix has spent more than a decade developing and refining solutions for small-scale fortification and led all aspects of product development and engineering for Sanku’s award-winning fortification technology and sustainable business model. His work has gained international recognition, leading to his selection as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow, a Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate and to Sanku winning the Zayed Sustainability Prize in 2019. Through its network of close to 700 small fortifying mills Sanku provides 3 million East Africans sustainable access to the basic human right of nutritious food and aims to reach 100 million people this decade.
Thalia Sparling
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
@SparlingThalia, @LSHTM, @ANH_Academy
Dr. Thalia Sparling is a Research Fellow with the IMMANA programme in the Nutrition Group of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She primarily works on evidence synthesis of tools, metrics and methods used to study agriculture to nutrition pathways as well as linkages between mental health and food and nutrition security. She also conducts implementation research within the Food and Agricultural Approaches to Reducing Malnutrition (FAARM) project, a clustered randomized field trial investigating a homestead food production program in rural Bangladesh. She holds a PhD from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and MPH from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
Yashodhara Rana
Associate Director,
Results for Development
@yashodhararana, @results4dev
Dr. Yashodhara Rana leads the data practice in the nutrition team at R4D. Yashodhara’s work spans a range of topics in nutrition that includes a review of nutrition evidence for the African Development Bank’s multi-sectoral nutrition strategy; adaptive evaluation of the LAUNCH Food accelerator program and more recently she was the Learning Advisor at USAID Advancing Nutrition. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and a BA (Honors) in government from Dartmouth College.
Moderator:
Muchiri Nyaggah
Executive Director,
Local Development
Research Institute
@Muchiri
Muchiri Nyaggah has more than 20 years experience working on software development and technology innovation for those living on irregular income in Africa, online strategy for African organizations and public policy implementation for development data. He is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Local Development Research Institute, an action-oriented think tank supporting African countries in taking practical evidence informed actions to end hunger poverty and inequality. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Results for Development Institute where he supports the health and nutrition practices.
Analytical methods to assess population-level changes in growth faltering and nutrition-related inequalities
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This is the second webinar in the Analytical Methods series. Learn more about the series here.
Date and Time:
31 January 2022 | 9:00-10:00 am EST / 3:00-4:00 pm WAT
Description:
Robust analytic methods can be applied to DHS, MICS, LSMS and other national datasets to support decision-makers in understanding and addressing the nutrition situation in their context. In follow-up to Data for Nutrition’s recent webinar, “Analytical methods to identify drivers of change in population-level nutrition outcomes: Multivariable decomposition approach”, we revisit the work of the Exemplars in Global Health. Robert Black (JHSPH) will provide an overview of equity analyses approaches before presentations from Nadia Akseer (JHSPH) and Fernando Wehrmeister (Univ. Pelotas). The session will discuss analyses used in the Exemplars’ Peru case study and will focus on explaining the methods for assessing growth faltering and nutrition-related inequalities and how they can be applied by others. Then, Fernando Wehrmeister will discuss how wealth quintiles/deciles and absolute income methods were applied to support nutrition decision-makers in low- and middle-income countries. Q&A session moderated by Robert Black will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Nadia Akseer
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Data_DENT, @exemplarshealth
Fernando Wehrmeister
Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Pelotas
@Countdown2030, @UFPel
Moderator:
Robert Black
Director, Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Countdown2030
NIPN Guatemala: Learning from the decentralization experience of an information platform for nutrition in Momostenango
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Date and Time:
29 November 2021 | 9:00-10:30 am EST / 3:00-4:30 pm CET
Description & Recording Links:
English
The National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN) is an initiative conceived to support countries in strengthening their information systems for nutrition and advising policymakers through an evidence-based approach. Guatemala is one of the nine NIPN platforms that has not only achieved great progress since the implementation of the NIPN, but has gone an extra-mile by piloting the initiative at the decentralized level in the municipality of Momostenango. During this webinar, Cristina Lopriore, the international expert that has accompanied the development of a case study on the Guatemala experience will guide us through the results and recommendations of the study. Opening remarks will be rendered by Ms. Lizett Guzman, sub-secretary of SESAN (Secretary for Food Security and Nutrition) alongside an intervention from Eduardo Say, NIPN coordinator at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
Watch in English here: https://youtu.be/rnUI-zQ3wCo
Français
Les plateformes Nationales d’Information sur la Nutrition (PNIN) est une initiative conçue pour aider les pays à renforcer leurs systèmes d’information sur la nutrition et à conseiller les décideurs politiques à travers une approche fondée sur des données probantes. Le Guatemala est l’une des 9 plateformes de la PNIN qui a non seulement réalisé de grands progrès depuis la mise en œuvre de la PNIN, mais qui est alléplus loin en pilotant l’initiative au niveau décentralisé, dans la municipalité de Momostenango. Au cours de ce webinaire, Cristina Lopriore, l’experte internationale qui a accompagné le développement d’une étude de cas sur l’expérience du Guatemala, nous guidera à travers les résultats et les recommandations de l’étude. Les remarques d’ouverture seront prononcés par Mme Lizett Guzman, sous-secrétaire du SESAN (Secrétaire pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et la Nutrition), avec une intervention d’Eduardo Say, coordinateur de la PNIN du Centre de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur en agriculture tropicale (CATIE).
Regardez-le en français ici : https://youtu.be/mgM-GVMRims
Español
Las Plataformas Nacionales de Información para la Nutrición (PINN) es una iniciativa desarrollada para apoyar a los países en el fortalecimiento de sus sistemas de información para la nutrición y informar a los responsables de las políticas a través de un enfoque basado en el uso de datos. Guatemala es una de las 9 plataformas PINN que no sólo ha conseguido grandes avances desde la implementación de la PINN, sino que ha logrado pilotear la iniciativa a nivel descentralizado, en el municipio de Momostenango. Durante este seminario web, Cristina Lopriore, la experta internacional que acompañó el desarrollo de un estudio de caso sobre la experiencia de Guatemala, nos guiará a través de los resultados y recomendaciones del estudio. El discurso de apertura será pronunciado por la Sra. Lizett Guzmán, subsecretaria de la SESAN (Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional), junto a una intervención de Eduardo Say, coordinador de la PINN en en el Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE).
Véalo en español aquí: https://youtu.be/kRMlpVaUJq4
Speakers:
Lizett Guzman
Sub-secretary of SESAN (Secretary for Food Security and Nutrition)
@SecretariaSESAN
Christina Lopriore
Independent Consultant
Senior Nutrition Expert, European Commission
@NIPN_Global
Eduardo Say
NIPN coordinator, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE)
@CATIEOficial
Improving Nutrition Through Accountability and Data Systems: SMART Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Data Commitments
View this event within the Data for Nutrition community of practice here.
Date and Time:
November 17, 2021 8:00 – 9:30 AM EST / 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Description:
The event will illustrate important data themes through interesting examples and good practices by country governments. Panelists will also share SMART data commitments they have articulated so participants get a sneak preview of N4G data commitments already formulated. The event highlights concrete ways in which nutrition data has been strengthened, and builds on the potential data commitments recommended by the Nutrition Data Partners Group comprised of UN agencies, donors, and organizations and initiatives working to strengthen nutrition data. Simultaneous interpretation available in English, French, and Spanish.
Download the event flyer and agenda here.
Learn more about the 2021 Nutrition for Growth summit and certified side events here.
Analytical methods to identify drivers of change in population-level nutrition outcomes: Multivariable decomposition approach
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here.
Date and Time:
November 11, 2021 10:00 – 11:30 AM EST / 7:00 – 8:30 AM PST
Description:
National multitopic household surveys (e.g., Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) provide a wealth of information to guide nutrition policy and program action. In efforts to identify drivers of stunting decline across 5 countries, the Exemplars in Global Health initiative used a multivariable decomposition approach to analyze multiple rounds of national household surveys. In this webinar, Nadia Akseer (JHSPH) will explain an analytical approach and help the audience identify ways they might apply it in their work. Commentary and Q&A moderated by Goutham Kandru (Gates Ventures) following the presentation.
Speaker:
Nadia Akseer
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Data_DENT
Moderator:
Goutham Kandru
Associate Director, Gates Ventures, Exemplars in Global Health
@exemplarshealth
Contributions of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) to Food Insecurity Monitoring & Policy Making Globally
This is the fourth webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19’ series. Learn more about this series and our previous webinars here.
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here.
Date and Time:
September 1, 2021 9:00 – 10:30 AM ET / 6:30 – 8:00 PM IST
Description:
The Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) is an experience-based food insecurity scale originally created for Latin American and Caribbean contexts. Since its creation, its use has expanded globally and it became the basis for FAO’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Join us for a discussion of the influence of experience based scales on food security monitoring and policy making globally. Presentations will showcase examples of how the ELCSA has been used in Mexico and Sri Lanka. Confirmed speakers include Rafael Perez-Escamilla (Yale University), Mireya Vilar-Compte (Montclair State University), and Thilini Agampodi (Rajarata University of Sri Lanka). Commentary and Q&A moderated by Pablo Gaitán-Rossi (Universidad Iberoamericana) will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Director, Global Health Concentration
@YaleSPH, @rperezescamilla
Mireya Vilar-Compte
Associate Professor, Montclair State University
@montclairstateu, @Mvilar213
Thilini Agampodi
Professor, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Moderator:
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Associate Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana
@equide_ibero, @IBEROinvestiga, @pablogaitan
Survey Sampling Strategies: Geospatial Sampling with the Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M)
Household surveys are a primary source of nutrition data in many countries. Fundamental decisions about survey sampling have big implications for the cost and use of data. The ‘Survey Sampling Strategies’ DfN webinar series examines different methods for household survey sampling and why they may be preferred for different use cases.
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials in the coming here.
Date and Time:
July 20, 2021 9:00 – 10:00 AM ET / 2:00 – 3:00 PM WAT
Description:
During the first webinar in the ‘Survey Sampling Strategies’ webinar series, speaker Mark Myatt (Brixton Health) will showcase S3M, an area-based sampling method. His presentation will share how S3M can be used to assess risk of micronutrient deficiency, program targeting efficiency and program coverage among other indicators as well as share examples from a study conducted in Sudan. Q&A moderated by Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) will follow the presentation.
Speaker:
Mark Myatt
Consultant Epidemiologist, Brixton Health
Moderator:
Rebecca Heidkamp
Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Data_DENT, @r_heidkamp
How Can We Measure Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection? Unpacking data, challenges, and opportunities to improve nutrition through school feeding programs
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here.
Date and Time:
July 27, 2021 11:00 – 12:30 PM ET
Description:
Social protection programs are important platforms for delivering nutrition interventions. Many countries have invested in school feeding programs to extend the reach of nutrition-sensitive social protection to children and their families. Join us for a discussion of the global landscape of school feeding programs and the development of metrics for assessing the coverage of nutrition-sensitive social protection programs. Presentations will showcase examples from the Global Survey of School Meal Programs©. Confirmed Speakers include Ayala Wineman (GCNF) and Nadia Akseer (JHSPH). Q&A moderated by Rebecca Heidkamp (JHSPH) will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Ayala Wineman
Research Coordinator, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF)
@GCNFoundation
Nadia Akseer
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Data_DENT
Moderator:
Rebecca Heidkamp
Associate Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
@JohnsHopkinsSPH, @JohnsHopkinsIH, @Data_DENT, @r_heidkamp
Contributions of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) to Food Insecurity Montoring & Policy Making Globally
This is the fourth webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19’ series. Learn more about this series and our previous webinars here.
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials in the coming weeks here.
Date and Time:
September 1, 2021 9:00 – 10:30 AM ET / 6:30 – 8:00 PM IST
Description:
The Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) is an experience-based food insecurity scale originally created for Latin American and Caribbean contexts. Since its creation, its use has expanded globally and it became the basis for FAO’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES). Join us for a discussion of the influence of experience based scales on food security monitoring and policy making globally. Presentations will showcase examples of how the ELCSA has been used in Mexico and Sri Lanka. Confirmed speakers include Rafael Perez-Escamilla (Yale University), Mireya Vilar-Compte (Montclair State University), and Thilini Agampodi (Rajarata University of Sri Lanka). Commentary and Q&A moderated by Pablo Gaitán-Rossi (Universidad Iberoamericana) will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Professor, Yale School of Public Health
Director, Global Health Concentration
@YaleSPH, @rperezescamilla
Mireya Vilar-Compte
Associate Professor, Montclair State University
@montclairstateu, @Mvilar213
Thilini Agampodi
Professor, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Moderator:
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Associate Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana
@equide_ibero, @IBEROinvestiga, @pablogaitan
Using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) for Estimating Impact of Nutrition Programs
Data for Nutrition members can RSVP to the event and access dial-in information and supplementary content here.
Date and Time:
April 14, 2021 9:00 – 10:00 AM EST
Description:
This webinar presented a general overview of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), including a demonstration of the new online version of the software. The webinar looked at how LiST handles nutrition in the model with a focus on new additions to the software. Neff Walker (JHSPH) will present. Q&A followed the presentation.
Speaker:
Neff Walker
Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
@LivesSavedTool
Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making: What have we learnt so far?
This webinar is the fourth in the ‘Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making‘ series.
Data for Nutrition members can RSVP to the event and access dial-in information and supplementary content here.
Date and Time:
December 16, 2020 10:00 – 11:30 AM EST/ 6:00 – 7:30 PM EAT/ 8:30 – 10:00 PM IST
Description:
In recent years, we have seen a proliferation of global data visualization tools (DVTs) for nutrition. These tools aid audiences in interpreting data and focusing on key priorities. During this webinar, we will share collated findings from studies conducted by the Data for Decisions to Expand Nutrition Transformation (DataDENT) team. Following the presentation, expert panelists will discuss their perspectives as donors, advocates, and implementing partners of nutrition programs and policies, and share insights from their experiences developing and using DVTs for nutrition. Confirmed speakers include Yashodhara Rana (R4D), Augustin Flory (R4D), Shawn Baker (USAID), Purnima Menon (IFPRI), Melanie Renshaw (African Leaders Malaria Alliance), and Paul Newnham (SDG2 Advocacy Hub). Q&A will follow the panel discussion.
Presenter:
Yashodhara Rana
Senior Program Officer, Results for Development
@yashodhararana
Panelists:
Shawn Baker
Chief Nutritionist, United States Agency for International Development
Melanie Renshaw
Chief Technical Advisor, African Leaders Malaria Alliance
Purnima Menon
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
@PMenonIFPRI
Moderator:
Augustin Flory
Managing Director, Nutrition, Results for Development
@AugustinFlory
Measuring Food and Nutrition Security for Urban Consumers in Times of the COVID-19 Crisis
Data for Nutrition members can RSVP to the event and access dial-in information and supplementary content here.
Date and Time:
December 08, 2020 9:00 – 10:00 AM EST/ 5:00 – 6:00 PM EAT
Description:
This event is the third Data for Nutrition webinar to discuss measuring food security during COVID-19 and compliments the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19‘ series. Speakers will discuss metrics for measuring food and nutrition security among urban consumers, as well as share findings from studies conducted in Kenya and Ethiopia. Confirmed speakers include Christine Chege (The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)) and Alan de Brauw (International Food Policy Research Institute). Q&A will follow the presentation.
Speakers:
Christine Chege
Agri-Nutrition & Food Systems Specialist, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
@CGKChege
@BiovIntCIAT_eng
Alan de Brauw
Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
What’s New with Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W)? Discussing methods for data collection and updated measurement guidance
Data for Nutrition members can RSVP to the event and access dial-in information and supplementary content here.
Date and Time:
December 03, 2020 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST/ 3:00 – 4:30 PM CET
Description:
Speakers from the FAO Minimum Dietary Diversity Women (MDD-W) project will share findings from the recent study that compared the two commonly used methods to collect MDD-W data—list-based and open recall—against Weighed Food Records as a reference method. These findings will serve as the basis for the updated version of the FAO publication MDD-W: A Guide to Measurement (2016), to be released at the end of November 2020. The updated guide aims to support and encourage further use of MDD-W as a tool for assessment, target-setting, and advocacy on improving women’s diets globally. Confirmed presenters include Maria Antonia Tuazon (FAO-Food and Nutrition Division (ESN)), Ji Yen Alexandra Tung (FAO-ESN), Isabela Sattamini (FAO-ESN), Pamela Marinda (University of Zambia), and Dilnesaw Zerfu (Ethiopian Public Health Institute). Q&A facilitated by Carl Lachat (Ghent University) will follow presentations.
Speakers:
Maria Antonia Tuazon is a Nutrition and Food Systems Officer with the Food and Nutrition Division (ESN), FAO, and the lead technical officer of the MDD-W project. Prior to joining FAO, she served as Dean of the College of Human Ecology at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna and was a Professor of Nutrition in the same institution. She has served as Country or Regional Technical Adviser for other UN organizations like WHO, UNICEF and WFP as well as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank in several countries in Asia and the Pacific, Africa and Iran. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands and postgraduate training in Nutritional Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Isabela Sattamini is a consultant at ESN, FAO, primarily focused on the MDD-W project. Prior to joining FAO, she was involved in the multi-country study on “Ultra processed food consumption, nutritional profile of diet and obesity” and the “Nutrient Brazil Cohort project: Food and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases”. She coordinated the advocacy project for advancing trans-fat restriction laws in Brazil, which later culminated in the national ban law approval in December 2019. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health Nutrition from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Ji Yen Alexandra Tung is a consultant at ESN, FAO. She contributes to the coordination of the MDD-W project, and focuses on research, capacity development and advocacy for the indicator. Her work has also involved dietary assessment, food and nutrition policy analysis, mainstreaming nutrition in biodiversity, food loss and waste and food security and livelihoods. Prior to joining FAO, she worked for the World Food Programme, NGOs, think tanks and in community clinics. She holds a MSc degree in Nutrition from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
Pamela Marinda is a lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Zambia. She is currently serving on the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Curriculum Enrichment Technical Working Group and also working on developing Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection guidelines for Zambia in collaboration with WFP and the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services. She has served as a PI, Co-PI and Research Scientist on several food security and nutrition studies and contributed towards the development of the Food and Nutrition Policy for Kenya and the National Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Strategy for Zambia. She holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, majoring in Food security and Nutrition.
Dilnesaw Zerfu is a researcher at Ethiopian Public Health Institute and a PhD fellow in human nutrition at University of Copenhagen and Jimma University. His research is mainly focused on micronutrient deficiencies. He has also contributed to the design of national nutrition policy and programme, Micronutrient Deficiency Prevention and Control Guideline, and monitoring and evaluation of the nutrition programme at national level and sub national levels. He is serving as a vice president for the Food and Nutrition Society of Ethiopia. He holds a MSc degree from Addis Ababa University in Food science and Nutrition.
Carl Lachat is Associate Professor at the Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health at Ghent University Belgium. He lectures on food and nutrition policies, nutritional epidemiology, planning and project design and nutrition-sensitive interventions. His main interest is in developing effective approaches to enhance the nutritional status of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. In addition to empirical research, he actively develops new knowledge with regard to collection, management and integration of food intake data and ways to increase quality of nutrition research and capacity for better policies and practices. He holds a PhD in applied biological sciences from Ghent University.
Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19: Revisiting data collection activities for practical insights & lessons learned
This is the second webinar in the ‘Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19‘ series.
A Q&A Summary, copies of the presentation, and additional supplementary materials will be made available in the coming weeks. Data for Nutrition can RSVP to receive supplementary materials here.
Date and Time:
November 19, 2020 10:00 – 11:00 AM EST/ 8:30 – 9:30 PM IST
Description:
The panel discussion, moderated by Ed Frongillo (University of South Carolina), will revisit program and research initiatives in India, Nepal, and the United States who selected and/or modified experience-based food security metrics for inclusion in COVID-related household assessments. Confirmed panelists include Divya Nair (IDInsight), Kenda Cunningham (Helen Keller International), and Roni Neff (Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future). Q&A will follow the presentation.
Speakers:
Kenda Cunningham
Sr. Technical Advisor, Integrated Nutrition and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research for SUAAHARA II, Helen Keller International
@CunninghamKenda
@HelenKellerIntl
Roni Neff
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
@LivableFuture
Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making: How can the nutrition community use the Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) tool?
This webinar is the third in the ‘Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making‘ series.
Copies of the presentations, Q&A summary, and more are available in the community of practice here.
Date and Time:
October 28, 2020 11:00 – 12:00 PM EDT/ 8:00 – 9:00 AM PDT
Description:
The presentation will showcase the Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx): an open access tool that collects and visualizes standardized information on five fortified foods, all in one place. With high quality visualizations and customizable features, the nutrition community can use the GFDx to make decisions on how to improve fortification programs. Confirmed speakers include Florencia Vasta (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) and Becky Tsang (Food Fortification Initiative, Iodine Global Network).
https://fortificationdata.org/
Follow the Global Fortification Data Exchange on Twitter: @GFDxSecretariat
Speakers:
Florencia Vasta
Member, Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) Secretariat
Senior Associate, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Becky Tsang
Project Manager, GFDx Secretariat
Technical Officer, Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) Asia
Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making: Experiences from implementing a multisectoral nutrition scorecard in Tanzania
This webinar is the second in the ‘Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making‘ series.
Members can login in to download a copy of the presentation, the Q&A summary, and more here.
Date and Time:
May 28, 2020 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET/ 12:00 – 1:00 PM GMT/ 3:00 – 4:00 PM EAT
Description:
The presentation will discuss experiences the nutrition community in Tanzania has had in developing and using a multisectoral nutrition scorecard to monitor and evaluate the implementation of nutrition interventions in the country. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Germana Henry Leyna (TFNC), Deborah Charwe (TFNC), and Adam Hancy (TFNC). Q&A moderated by Debora Di Dio (SUN) will follow the presentation.
Speakers:
Dr. Germana Henry Leyna
Managing Director
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
Deborah Charwe
Senior Research Officer, Nutrition
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
Adam Hancy
Research Officer, Statistics
Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre
Moderator:
Debora Di Dio
Senior Nutrition & Strategy Adviser
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Secretariat
Suggested Hashtags:
#DataViz #DataforNutrition
Measuring Food Insecurity in the Era of COVID-19: Practical insights from data collection activities in four global contexts
The need for data and monitoring emerged as a theme from the April 2nd Ag2Nut webinar on “COVID-19, Food Systems & Nutrition.” As food security is a key piece of agriculture-to-nutrition pathways, we are coming together to learn from practitioners around the world through this measurement-focused discussion.
Data for Nutrition members can access supplementary materials here and view the follow up discussion “Rapid Assessment of Food Security during COVID-19: Sharing knowledge & experience” here.
Date and Time:
May 06, 2020 9:00 – 10:00 AM ET/ 1:00 – 2:00 PM GMT/6:30 -7:30 PM IST
Description:
Each of our four panelists will share how they selected and/or modified experience-based food security metrics for inclusion in household assessments carried out remotely using mobile phone or online platforms. The panel discussion and Q&A will be moderated by Jennifer Coates (Tufts University) and Ed Frongillo (University of South Carolina).
Panelists include:
- India – COVID19 Remote Surveys: A rapid assessment of food security in India (IDInsight)
- Nepal – Program monitoring by community health workers (Helen Keller International’s Suaaharra project)
- USA – Food insecurity/access survey (Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future)
- Global – Mobile Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping (mVAM) Program (World Food Programme)
Panelists:
Kenda Cunningham
Senior Technical Advisor, Hellen Keller International, Suaahara II
@HelenKellerIntl
@CunninghamKenda
Erin Biehl
Program Officer, Food System Sustainability and Public Health Program, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
@LivableFuture
Kusum Hachhethu
Food Security and Nutrition Analyst, Hunger Monitoring Unit, WFP
@Kusum_H
@mobileVAM, @WFPVAM
Suggested Hashtags:
@Data4Nutrition #Ag2Nut #COVID19 #foodsystems #foodsecurity #investinnutrition
Visualizing Nutrition Data for Decision Making: What can we learn from tools developed for global audiences and country users in India?
Members can also login in to download copies of presentations, the Q&A summary, and more here.
Date and Time:
April 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT/2:00 PM GMT
Format:
60 minute webinar with presentations from 2 panelists followed by a Q&A
Speakers:
Manita Jangid (@manitajangid)
Program Manager, International Food Policy Research Institute
Yashodhara Rana (@yashodhararana)
Senior Program Officer, Results for Development
Suggested Hashtags:
@Data_DENT #DataViz #DataforNutrition
New Data for Nutrition: Updates to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)-8 Questionnaires
Members can also login in to download copies of presentations, responses to the Q&A, and the webinar recording here.
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
Olutayo Adeyemi
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan (Nigeria)
Suggested Hashtags for this Webinar:
#InvestinNutrition #DHSdata #DataforNutrition