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2021 06 October

WFP: Half of Afghanistan’s children under 5 expected to suffer from acute malnutrition as hunger takes root for millions

*Kabul – Wrapping up a two-day visit to Herat, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, Hervé Ludovic De Lys, and WFP Afghanistan Representative and Country Director, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, sounded the alarm on the dire state of malnutrition and food insecurity sweeping across the country. Without reliable access...

2021 01 October

Burkina Faso: Successfully scaling up nutrition in a digital world

Iselin Danbolt | Child nutrition Health Maternal health Multi-Sectoral Technical Assistance SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 2

Burkina Faso’s ten-year journey with the integrated e-diagnostic approach (IeDA) provides a rare and inspiring example of a digital health tool brought to scale. The country showcases good practice with this solution, as it covers 84 per cent of the country’s primary health care facilities...

2021 14 September

A SUN Movement Call to Action for Nutrition ahead of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit

Iselin Danbolt | Advocacy COVID19 Food systems Nutrition commitments 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 1

A multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach to nutrition must be front and centre in food systems transformation The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), to be held this September, was called for by the UN Secretary-General in recognition that current food systems are failing people and planet,...

2021 06 September

SUN Coordinator visits Malawi and joins SUN 3.0 Strategy launch presided over by President Chakwera

Iselin Danbolt | Multi-stakeholder planning Strategy and Roadmap SUN Movement Coordinator SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 1

From 31 August to 3 September, Ms Gerda Verburg, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator, travelled to Lilongwe, Malawi, on her first official visit to a member State since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In addition to delivering key remarks at...

2021 01 September

Malawi: Chingondo irrigation scheme back to life after more than a year

Iselin Danbolt | Agriculture Nutrition-Sensitive SUN Movement Pooled Fund SUN Pooled Fund WASH SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 1

After being idle for more than a year, farmers from the Ngabu Traditional Authority in Nsanje district are happy to be cultivating Chingondo Irrigation Scheme again. Differences in rentals between their irrigation agreement and surrounding irrigation arrangements resulted in dispute, which, through key stakeholder negotiations...

2021 30 August

The SUN Movement celebrates 2021 World Breastfeeding Week

Iselin Danbolt | Advocacy Breastfeeding Parliamentarians Policies & laws World Breastfeeding Week Parliamentarians, SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Monthly Newsletter, SUN UN Network 0

Each year, from 1-7 August, countries, organisations and nutrition champions celebrate World Breastfeeding Week all over the world. In 2021, under its theme ‘Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility’, this week served as an important a time to revisit the commitments made at the start of...

2021 26 August

Central and South Asia launch SUN Movement Strategy for 2021-2025

Iselin Danbolt | Strategy and Roadmap SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 1

On 25 August 2021, a Central and South Asia virtual regional event, attended by some 120 participants from all over the world, took place to launch the SUN Movement Strategy for its third phase (2021-2025). Hosted by Dr Kiran Rupakhetee, Joint Secretary of the National Planning...

2021 24 August

Costa Rica launches dietary guidelines for children under 2: only 39.7% have an adequate diet

Iselin Danbolt | Behaviour change Breastfeeding Healthy Diets World Breastfeeding Week SUN Country Network 1

On 11 August, during World Breastfeeding Week 2021, Costa Rica launched dietary guidelines focusing specifically on nutrition during the critical first 1,000-day window of opportunity, from conception until a girl or boy is two years old. These guidelines aim to improve eating habits and reduce...

2021 23 August

Côte d’Ivoire: interview with Françoise N’Guessan, Marahoué Regional Coordinator and tireless nutrition activist

Iselin Danbolt | Breastfeeding SUN Movement Pooled Fund SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

“The baby was stunted in utero, we needed millet porridge to make him fat.” "Exclusive breastfeeding isn't a good idea. With the heat, add water so that the baby is not thirsty.” It was not uncommon to hear this sort of advice in the region of Marahoué,...

2021 07 June

SUN’s Third Phase rises for Philippines, a call for intensified nutrition actions

David Martin | Nutrition commitments SUN 3.0 SUN Country Network 1

The Scaling Up Movement( SUN) 3.0, the third phase of the United Nations-established movement, calls for accelerated results to eliminate all forms of malnutrition by 2030. In the launch of the SUN 3.0 strategy in the Philippines, stakeholders from the SUN Networks including government, civil...