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2021 08 December

More than USD 27 billion committed to fight malnutrition at nutrition summit

| Official press release first published on 8 December 2021 | Tokyo, 8 December 2021 – Governments and donors have pledged more than USD 27 billion at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, held 7-8 December, to address the global malnutrition and hunger crisis. Represented by five...

2021 17 December

WHO: Investing 1 dollar per person per year could save 7 million lives in low- and lower-middle-income countries

Iselin Danbolt | Health Investments NCDs SUN UN Network 0

Investing in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has never been more important. A new WHO report - a key SUN Movement partner - shows that close to 7 million deaths could be prevented by 2030 if low- and lower-middle-income countries were to make an...

2021 15 December

Madagascar: How a woman helped save her village from starvation

Iselin Danbolt | Champions Climate Change food security Hunger SUN Country Network 0

| First published by BBC News on 10 December 2021, written by Catherine Byaruhanga, Africa correspondent | Loharano's effortless grace belies the hard work that she is doing to stave off the tragedy that is unfolding in parts of her region of Madagascar. A prolonged drought in...

2021 14 December

Tajikistan: U.S. Government supports national food fortification initiative

Iselin Danbolt | Food production Food systems SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

| First published by Aki Press on 13 December 2021 | AKIPRESS.COM - U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim opened a roundtable discussion today on Tajikistan’s efforts to ensure mothers and children have greater access to nutritious food. He was joined by officials from the Ministry of...

2021 07 December

Tokyo nutrition summit kicks off

Iselin Danbolt | Adolescent nutrition Child nutrition Food systems N4G Nutrition Year of Action SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 0

|First published on Tuesday 7 December 2021 by The Japan Times| The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 is taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the Japanese government. The summit builds on more than 10 years of international focus on nutrition...

2021 07 December

Statement: What is business committing at the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021?

Iselin Danbolt | Business N4G Nutrition Year of Action Private sector SUN Business Network SUN Business Network 0

|First published by the SUN Business Network on 7 December 2021| Nutrition for Growth (N4G) was launched in 2013 at the headquarters of Unilever, reflecting the ambition from day one that business can help combat malnutrition. But specific business commitments back in 2013 were few and...

2021 01 December

Ethiopia: 9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ due to ongoing conflict

Iselin Danbolt | conflict Food crisis Food insecurity Humanitarian field Hunger SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

| First published by UN News on 26 November 2021 | The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a key SUN Movement partner, said...

2021 01 December

Sri Lanka: Government of Australia and FAO partner to improve the nutrition of families affected by COVID-19

Iselin Danbolt | Behaviour change COVID19 Food systems Investments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

| First published by Ada Derana on 1 December 2021 | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with support from the Government of Australia is providing vegetable seed packs to around 46,000 vulnerable families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka....

2021 29 November

Uganda: Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF and partners discuss advancing nutrition

Iselin Danbolt | Adolescent nutrition Child nutrition knowledge management Malnutrition SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

| First published by WHO on 29 November 2021 | Kampala, 29 November 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the country’s stakeholders on nutrition discussed advancing the nutrition agenda in Uganda in a one-day symposium, convened by the Ministry of Health, under the theme ‘Strengthening...

2021 29 November

From counting calories to calculating cost: How can USD 6 billion really help end world hunger?

Iselin Danbolt | Hunger Investments Private sector resource mobilization SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 0

| By David Laborde, Jaron Porciello and Carin Smaller. First published by ceres2030 on 25 November 2021 | When it comes to feeding the world, funders are hungry for solutions and eager for evidence that their money will make the most impact. The media spotlight recently shone on the issue...

2021 24 November

Madagascar: ‘World cannot look away’ as 1.3 million face severe hunger

Iselin Danbolt | Child nutrition Climate Change Food crisis Gender Humanitarian Development Nexus Humanitarian field Hunger SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 0

First published by UN News on 18 November 2021 ________________________________________ The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in the south are facing severe hunger, the top UN aid official there said on Thursday in a renewed appeal for solidarity...