Each SUN Movement Nutrition Champion contributes to an increasingly global group of nutrition champions who are galvanizing political attention toward improving nutrition. As champions from all different levels, their advocacy not only benefits their own nations, but their efforts have inspired other countries that are...
Read MoreDear colleagues, friends, and partners, This year marks the completion of my third term as the SUN Movement Coordinator. Since I joined you in 2016, I have had the remarkable opportunity to support our SUN Countries as you’ve paved the way for nutrition to be central to...
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Abidjan, 5 May 2022 - Côte d’Ivoire Vice-President H.E. Tiémoko Meyliet Koné today officially launched the country’s Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Youth Network, making Côte d’Ivoire the first country with an official SUN network for youth. The country’s new SUN Youth Network brings together 37 youth...
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Bamako, 26 April 2022 - Today, Mali’s National Nutrition Council (CNN) launched its new Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan (PAMN) 2021-2025 and the SUN 3.0 Strategy. The event, hosted under the leadership of H.E. Ms. Dieminatou Sangaré, Minister of Health and Social Development, and with Ms....
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The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Secretariat is pleased to announce that Ms Marcy Vigoda has assumed her duties as the Director of the SUN Movement Secretariat with effect from today, 3 May 2022. Marcy brings more than 30 years of international experience in international development...
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WASHINGTON DC (21 April 2022)—New analysis published today in the scientific journal Nature by global nutrition leaders, reveals that the war against Ukraine threatens to increase the number of malnourished people who have already suffered from reduced diets and health systems support due to COVID-19....
Read More28 October 2021, Geneva - In the past year, we have witnessed significant loss across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic: loss of life, loss of economic stability and loss of essential gains made over the last decade to bring immunisation and good nutrition...
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- A blog by Dr Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of GAIN and former SUN Movement Executive Committee member *First published by GAIN on 7 October London, 7 October 2021 - I remember well the first Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2013 in London. I wrote the framing paper for that...
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Nutrition for Growth (N4G) is a global pledging moment to drive greater action toward ending malnutrition and helping ensure everyone, everywhere can reach their full potential. The first N4G Summit was held in London in 2013 where 100 stakeholders endorsed the Global N4G Compact and...
Read More06 August 2021 -- The Parliament of Sierra Leone has approved a bill to regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes (also called infant formula) to improve the nutrition of infants and young children. Sierra Leone joins 136 other countries with similar laws to protect...
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On 22 March 2021, UN Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator, Gerda Verburg, received a letter from the Government of the Republic of Ecuador, signed by the Vice President of the Republic, Her Excellency María Alejandra Muñoz, expressing the interest of the country in joining the...
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