Africa Nutrition Database Initiative Website
ANDI Site Organization
The Africa Nutrition Database Initiative ("ANDI" ) site was designed to disseminate nutrition and nutrition-related data as widely as possible, at the same time ensuring a minimum standard of data quality. There are three different ways to access the data in ANDI. These are through the: ‘Query Builder’ entry point; ‘Country Brief’ entry point; or ‘Download Section’ entry point. While all entry points use the same database, there were several important differences that should be clearly understood by the user to get maximum benefits in the least amount of time from ANDI.
Query builder
The main objective of this entry point was to enable the user to compare countries. It was a dynamic section allowing the user to interactively build output tables. The section deals only with national data that responds to a minimum standard of quality, i.e. same type of source, same methodology of calculation, same definition. National data that does not respond to this minimum standard of quality are not available in this section but may be available in the other two entry points. (Please refer to the table below for more information on which indicators are available from each entry point.) Because of its dynamic nature, the Query Builder entry point may be slow, especially during Internet peak hours (afternoon, Europe time). Once an output table is created, options are given to the user to sort the row based on a selected column or to graph the results. Further manipulations of the created table may be done after downloading the table into Excel.
Country Brief
The main objective of this entry point was to supply the user with a snapshot of the situation in a specific country. Country Brief is static-- all tables are created on the server during the regular updating of ANDI. This entry point provides the data quickly. Country Brief contains all national data available under Query Builder plus sub-national data as well as national data that does not respond to the minimum standard of quality but considered important for a better understanding of the situation in the country. (Tables may be imported into Excel for further analysis (i.e. graphs).
Download Section
This entry point was designed to provide the user with the entire raw data set. During the two year pilot phase of ANDI (2000-2001), Download Section is available only for people working in the UN agencies that signed the ANDI Memorandum of Understanding. This data set contains all data and indicators available in the other two sections. It is in a CSV format. An option is given to the user to select her/his preferred country coding system.
Table: Indicators by section
Domain |
Indicator name |
Source |
Section |
|
Agency |
Query Builder |
Country brief |
||
| Demography | NEW BORN (x 1000) | WB |
No |
Yes |
| POPULATION 0-4 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 5-9 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 10-14 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 15-19 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 20-24 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 25-29 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 30-34 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 35-39 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 40-44 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 45-49 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 50-54 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 55-59 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 60-64 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 65-69 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION 70-74 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION >=75 YEARS | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| POPULATION GROWTH RATE | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| TOTAL FERTILITY RATE | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| TOTAL POPULATION | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| UNDER-5 MORTALITY | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| URBAN POPULATION (%) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Economy | GDP PER CAPITA (CURRENT US$) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
| GDP PER CAPITA (CONSTANT 1995 US$) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| GNP PER CAPITA ATLAS METHOD (CURRENT US$) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| GNP PER CAPITA (CONSTANT 1995 US$) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| GNP PER CAPITA PPP (CONSTANT 1995 INTERNATIONAL $) | WB |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Educa-tion | ADULT FEMALE LITERACY RATE | UNESCO |
Yes |
Yes |
| GIRL NET ENROLMENT RATE | UNESCO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| TOTAL NET ENROLMENT RATE | UNESCO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Food Availability | PER CAPITA ANIMAL PROTEIN SUPPLY (GR/DAY) | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
| PER CAPITA CEREALS CONSUMPTION (KG/YEAR) | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| PER CAPITA DIETARY ENERGY SUPPLY (KCAL/DAY) | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| PER CAPITA DIETARY FAT SUPPLY (GR/DAY) | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| PER CAPITA DIETARY PROTEIN SUPPLY (GR/DAY) | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| PROPORTION OF UNDERNOURISHED | FAO |
No |
Yes |
|
| Health | ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS | WB |
No |
Yes |
| DIARRHEA PREVALENCE | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| ORS USE | WB |
No |
Yes |
|
| Nutrition promo-tion | IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE RATE | UNICEF |
No |
Yes |
| PERCENT OF CHILDREN EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED | UNICEF |
No |
Yes |
|
| PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMING IODIZED SALT | UNICEF |
No |
Yes |
|
| Nutrition | CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY | FAO |
Yes |
Yes |
| STUNTING UNDER 3 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| STUNTING UNDER 5 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| UNDERWEIGHT UNDER 3 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| UNDERWEIGHT UNDER 5 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| WASTING UNDER 3 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| WASTING UNDER 5 YEARS OLD | WHO |
Yes |
Yes |
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