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<p>DFID has been taking a range of steps to improve the reliability and collection
of data on nutrition. These include organising an informal expert consultation on
nutrition data gaps in June this year; working with the European Commission to establish
National Information Platforms for Nutrition; developing innovative metrics and methods
for agriculture for nutrition; continuing to fund the Global Nutrition Report, which
gives particular focus to data quality and availability and continues to undertake
analysis to identify priority areas for investment; funding the Global Open Data for
Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) programme; and continuing to work with other donors
to coordinate our funding on nutrition.</p><br /><p>In addition, the UK and US jointly
announced that they will partner with the GODAN Secretariat to organise a 2016 GODAN
Summit. We will also commission research in early 2016 to test innovative and feasible
approaches to collect data, with sufficient frequency in more fragile settings, which
should enable better management of malnutrition when shocks and disasters arise.</p><br
/><p>The UK will continue to provide strong leadership to maintain global momentum
on nutrition and will continue to work hard to deliver its promises to scale up its
work on nutrition between now and 2020.</p>
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