The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) project held an official opening ceremony for a training course on the topic: Analysis of Nutrition Situations and Data Improvement* for provincial project teams from September 23 to 25, 2026, lasting 3 full days. Participants came from relevant departments across all target provinces: Phongsaly, Oudomxay, Khammouane, Savannakhet, Salavan, and Sekong.

The opening ceremony was co-chaired by Mr. Ratsavong Bounxiphom, Deputy Director of the Socio-economic Policy Research Institute (SPRI) Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences, along with Mr. Hari Vinathan, Nutrition Specialist at UNICEF. They highlighted that the work on analysing nutrition situations and improving data for the provincial level is the highest priority of the NIPN project.

The purpose of this training session is to strengthen technical capacity and skills in nutrition analysis, data presentation and visualization on nutrition issues, and data improvement for the NIPN website and provincial dashboard. This aims to promote the implementation of nutrition information management at both central and local levels. The workshop was organized by the Policy Analysis Unit of the National Information Platform for Nutrition project with support from UNICEF.