We are delighted to present to you the first issue of Abstract Digest for this year. This issue has two important LANCET Commission Reports. The EAT–Lancet Commission is the first of a series of initiatives on nutrition, led by The Lancet in 2019, followed by the Commission on the Global Syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
We made a mistake! Please use the revised data note on tracking anemia in India
During a post-publication check, we realized that we have made a few errors in our Data Note on ‘Tracking anemia and its determinants from 2006 to 2016 in India: Insights from the National Family Health Survey-4’. We apologize for it and have now corrected these errors. This was an important learning process for us – >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
2018 Global Nutrition Report launched
On November 29, 2018, the 5th Global Nutrition Report – the world’s leading publication on the state of global nutrition - was launched alongside the Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The report tracks progress on global nutrition targets ranging from diet-related non-communicable diseases to maternal, infant, and young child >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Governments must step up to meet deadline to end hunger
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World governments will need to lift 185,000 people out of hunger each day for the next 12 years in order to meet global goals to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, a United Nations expert said on Wednesday. The calculation was made by Kostas Stamoulis, assistant director-general of the U.N. […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Creating Data-focused Environment to Address Nutritional Challenges
“The multidimensional analysis of National Family Health Survey data will help us navigate the health and nutrition programs, and understand the gaps that must now be closed,” said Dr Vinod Paul from NITI Aayog. He was delivering the keynote address at a knowledge sharing event where multiple researchers from organizations such as International Food Policy >> Read more Source: POSHAN: Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India
