Subject: Request for Access to data_ Anthropometry data in children under 5 from primary health care in Estonia
From: "DOMINGUEZ MURIEL, Elisa Maria" <[email-masked]>
To: "Info - SOM" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Nutrition and Food Safety - Data" <[email-masked]>, "DOMINGUEZ MURIEL, Elisa Maria" <[email-masked]>,TAI üldmeil <[email-masked]>, "Jane Idavain" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:33:01 +0200

Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga.
Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada.

Dear colleagues at the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia,

I hope this message finds you well. We are reaching out to you for the
topic mentioned in subject. We have contacted the Department of Health
Statistics of Estonia and they have referred to you being the owner of the
data we are interested in.

My name is Elisa Dominguez and I work at WHO in Geneva HQ in the Nutrition
and Food Safety Dpt. I am part of the
<https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/monitoring-nutritiona
l-status-and-food-safety-and-events/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates/lat
est-estimates> Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME) group which is currently
preparing a new round to report on SDG 2.2.1 (child stunting) and 2.2.2
(child wasting and overweight) in 2027, being WHO a co-custodian agency,
jointly with UNICEF for these indicators. WHO is also custodian for SDG
2.2.3 on anemia in women of reproductive age.

For this work, we use input data mainly from national surveys but we are
also starting considering administrative data from health routine systems
which include anthropometry in children under 5 years. In this framework,
we have identified that Estonia has a fully digital governance within the
national health information system and therefore we think that electronic
individual-level data of anthropometry in children under 5 might be
available. We think these data could be highly relevant to our work on
child growth and nutrition. Currently we only have one data point for
Estonia in the recently updated in 2025
<https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/child-growth/jme/jme_databa
se_2025_edition.xlsx?sfvrsn=3da17434_3> JME database ( corresponding to
the National Dietary Survey among children up to ten years old and
breastfeeding mothers in Estonia. EFSA supporting publication
2017:EN-1199. 25 pp.doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1199).

I am writing to kindly request access to the microdata of anthropometry in
children gathered in the Growth Monitoring services in Estonia Primary
Health Care, if they are available. These datasets would be extremely
valuable for ourcomparative analyses and to support ongoing efforts in
monitoring child anthropometry globally.

If there are any formal procedures or data access agreements required,
please let us know how best to proceed. We are also available for a
virtual meeting if you need more details about our work.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Warm regards,
Elisa

Dr Elisa M. Dominguez Muriel

Technical officer|Department of Nutrition and Food Safety

World Health Organization |20 Avenue Appia | CH1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

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