The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN), the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), IFPRI, and the Food Security Portal (FSP) project are co-organizing a webinar with support from the European Commission on COVID-19 and its impacts on childhood malnutrition. The webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 23 at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EAT […]
NIPN Ethiopia workshops on communicating research results
Communicating nutrition research beyond academia is a critical part of improving nutrition. It is also a core activity of the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) approach towards informing policy and influencing the policymaking process for improved nutrition. To improve communication skills for nutrition researchers in Ethiopia, IFPRI and the Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) […]
NIPN in Ethiopia: bringing researchers, decision makers, and program implementers closer together through Policy and Research Seminars
Since the launching of the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) in Ethiopia, there have been a series of seven topical NIPN Policy and Research Seminars, which were brought by international and national researchers from different backgrounds and disciplines. Last September, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and Compact2025 joined hands to organize another seminar. […]
Bringing evidence to nutrition decisionmakers in Ethiopia: NIPN policy and research seminars
For research to inform decisions, evidence must reach decisionmakers. In Ethiopia, the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) promotes outreach of nutrition-related research findings by organizing topical Nutrition Research and Policy Seminars. These outreach activities are key opportunities to disseminate existing high-level research findings and to promote increased nutrition knowledge among programmatic, policy, and donor decision […]
Compact2025 strengthens capacities of NIPN stakeholders in Ethiopia to analyze existing data
Evidence-based decision making for nutrition policy and programming is critical to accelerate progress. In Ethiopia, the EU-backed National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) supports this process by revisiting existing data and information to answer policy questions and to inform decision making. Ethiopia’s NIPN, established in 2018, is hosted by the Ethiopian Public Health Initiative (EPHI). […]
