Nutrition Data Mapping for Ethiopia: Assessment of the Availability and Accessibility of Nutrition-Related Data

Abstract

For the last two decades in Ethiopia, ending malnutrition has been a national government priority. The government of Ethiopia recognizes that high quality and timely data are needed to identify the magnitude of malnutrition and to assess the impact of evidence-based interventions. To contribute to these efforts, the Ethiopian National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN), hosted by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, supports evidence-based decision making through the analysis of existing data and communicating the findings to policy and decision makers. Identifying existing nutrition data sources and determining their accessibility for further analysis and decision making, are NIPN priorities