Article written by Andrew Green, originally published in Malnutrition Deeply Tisungeni Zimpita led one of the first national-level efforts to coordinate organizations to focus on nutrition, which led her to be named a Scaling Up Nutrition Champion. She shares some of the lessons from her work. TISUNGENI ZIMPITA, An award-winning...
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Blog written by Carmen Torres Ledezma* and published by HiVOS © Photos and videos: Karlo M. Bermúdez / @karloemb International discourse has moved away from “we should feed the world” to “we should nourish the world” and “we should nourish the world in a way which is...
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Blog written by Suresh Babu* and originally published by IFPRI The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food security and nutrition have become top priorities for governments of developing countries. To attain these by 2030, multiple sectors must be brought together to design and implement program and policy interventions—but such...
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A blog by Prof. Dr. Geeta Bhakta Joshi* — SUN Movement Nutrition Champion 2017 What first inspired you to champion nutrition and where do you continue to draw your inspiration from? Even though Nepal has made significant progress in reducing stunting in children under 5 years, from 57 per...
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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...
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The fight against nutritional deficiencies can only be won with a multifaceted approach. It calls for individuals, food producers and the government joining hands together to ensure success. In the last few years, there has been some heightened level of nutrition awareness amongst some Nigerians....
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At the end of 2017, Concern, along with CARE and other nutrition stakeholders, developed three case studies to look at different aspects of the SUN Movement in Zambia and work out what it takes to sustain Scaling Up Nutrition. We examined the coordination and alignment...
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I wish to thank you for making 2017 such an important year for our growing and evolving SUN Movement and hope we all will be nutrition champions in our own right. Let’s roll up our sleeves and make 2018 a watershed year for nutrition! I...
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Members of the SUN Movement Executive Committee, CEO of Medical Teams International (MTI), Martha Newsome, and Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister, Christine Guwatudde Kintu, highlight what they have learned by working together in Uganda with partners to support over one million...
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Blog written by Lauren Landis, Director of Nutrition at the UN World Food Programme and Member of the Executive Committee of the SUN Movement. Read the original text: English No matter who we are, all of us instinctively understand nutrition. We can feel the impact that a...
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