The Latin American and Caribbean region faces a severe malnutrition problem, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity: according to the latest FAO report (2023), the prevalence of overweight in children under 5 has increased in the last two decades and the reduction in the prevalence of stunting, which is at 11.5%, has slowed down in recent years. In Chile, this is a … [Read more...] about A Project to Address Childhood Malnutrition Through the Use of Data
María Paz Hermosilla
She is the Director of GobLab UAI, a public innovation lab at the School of Government of the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile, whose mission is to contribute to the transformation of the public sector through data science. She holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from New York University and is a lecturer and researcher in ethical data management.