Eldis: Creating a one-stop-shop for global nutrition data
In the past few years the global malnutrition crisis has been gaining attention. High profile events such as the Nutrition for Growth summit in London and the formation of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement have reflected an upsurge in interest, commitment and efforts to reduce malnutrition.
This momentum, however, has yet to be fully matched by a collective capacity to track progress and political commitment on this issue; meaning there remains a gap in accountability.
Eldis Health and Nutrition team have been contributing to the development of a concept for a Global Nutrition Report with the ultimate aim of building momentum for action on nutrition and empowering nutrition actors at all levels - from citizen activists to national governments and international organisations.
For the report to be most effective a wide range of potential users must feel it reflects their concerns and interests so Eldis is asking for help to design that, and would particularly like to know:
- How can this report be made useful to users in their own work?
- What specific types of information would users like to see included?
- Who should own this global report?
- What format for the report would be most useful - print/online PDF/country summary 2-pagers etc.
- How frequent should the report be in order to be of greatest value to users?
Comments and feedback should be submitted to Eldis by March 21st, 2014. Visit their webpage for more information.
