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What’s new in Nutrition at
The DHS Program
Spring 2018
Welcome to the first DHS nutrition newsletter!
 
We are excited to begin this series to keep you up-to-date on nutrition in The DHS Program. The nutrition portfolio aligns with the overall goals of the program to:
Ensure Quality Data
Build Capacity
Increase Data Use
Explore Innovations

  Ensure Quality Data
International Congress of Nutrition 2017
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On October 16, DHS staff presented on a panel at the IUNS 21st ICN to discuss the new DHS nutrition portfolio and nutrition data quality in the context of large national surveys. Look out for our work in this area later in the year.
Anemia Status in Population-based Surveys
The DHS Program presented the results from the DHS Methodological Report 18 at the 'Variability in Hemoglobin Measurement: Research, Program, and Policy' meeting organized by the HEmoglobin MEasurement (HEME) Working group. The DHS Program also participated in a technical consultation organized by the WHO on global anemia guidelines.

  Capacity Strengthening
2018 DHS Fellows Program: Data Analysis Workshop
The DHS Fellows Program builds the institutional capacity of university faculty from DHS countries. This year, a group from Myanmar is analyzing infant and young child nutrition DHS data and successfully hosted a DHS data use workshop in Myanmar.
"The program provided valuable experiences and knowledge on DHS Data, DHS online resources, and technical skills. Moreover, we could build up a friendly international network among participants and facilitators."
— 2018 DHS Fellows Myanmar participants
Caption: DHS fellows held a data use workshop in Myanmar with 44 participants, including university faculty, graduate students, and non-governmental organization staff.

  Increase Data Use
Adolescent Girls' Nutrition
The DHS Program presented on adolescent nutrition from 62 countries at a global consultation. Interact with the data in this story map and stay tuned for an upcoming comparative report on adolescent girls and boys nutrition.
Nutrition Data at the District Level
© 2018 International Food Policy Research Institute
Using data from India's 4th National Family Health Survey and other national surveys, Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN) produced District Nutrition Profiles. By providing district level estimates, targeted action by government can be taken to address the nutrition situation.  
Child Undernutrition using Geospatial Methods
Our new GIS colleague at The DHS Program, Benjamin Mayala, along with several coauthors recently published a paper in Nature that used DHS data among others to highlight progress made by several African countries since 2000 to address child undernutrition. Despite progress, stunting remains highly prevalent in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, as seen in the map below using DHS data. The data can also be downloaded in STATcompiler.
Children stunted
Percentage of children stunted
(below -2 SD of height for age according to the WHO standard)

  Explore Innovations
Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework
© Global Nutrition Monitoring Framework: operational guidance for tracking progress in meeting targets for 2025. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
The WHO-UNICEF Technical Expert Advisory Group on Nutrition Monitoring revised the definition of Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) for children. The new MDD definition will be available on STATcompiler later this year.

DHS Data Corner
The 2016 Nepal Demographic and Healthy Survey
Download the 2016 Nepal DHS survey and look out for indicators in the nutrition chapter including:

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