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In anticipation of WHA78, the SUN Movement has prepared a messaging grid for member countries and partners, focusing on clear communication about the connection between health and nutrition. It emphasizes how, despite progress in some areas, the world remains off track to meet the global nutrition targets set by the World Health Assembly.
As SUN countries and partners work to tackle these challenges, this document aims to pave way for aligned and effective communication, as well as united efforts for action beyond WHA78.
Following the Executive Board's recommendation to adopt the extension of the Global Nutrition Targets, this event will discuss what comes next. This event will focus on the need for an integrated, multi-sectoral approach to accelerate progress towards the Global Nutrition Targets. The event will highlight examples from four countries globally, showcasing successes towards achievement of the targets, with a focus on four key areas for integration: food and agriculture, social protection, health, and political leadership. This event will engage participants in a discussion of what multi-sectoral actions are needed next, and will motivate advocates and countries to take action to avoid further losses in human capital, economic growth, and health outcomes.
The escalating impacts of climate change, conflicts, economic shocks, or COVID-19 pandemic are driving millions into poverty and malnutrition, threatening to undo decades of progress. As a result, in 2023, 733 million people faced hunger—an increase of 152 million compared to 2019—while over 2.8 billion people could not afford a healthy diet. Despite the geopolitical context, 47 countries made more than 400 nutritional commitments to combat malnutrition at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit in Paris at the end of March. The goal of the event is to mobilize Geneva-based stakeholders around outcomes of the N4G, foster dialogue on advancing the nutrition agenda, and inspire collective action.
In 2023, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution WHA 76.19: “Accelerating efforts for preventing micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects, through safe and effective food fortification.” As WHA78 marks two years since the resolution’s adoption—and just one year before the first implementation report is due—this high-level side event aims to galvanize urgent action at global, regional, and national levels.
