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2020 27 July

Multisector collaboration for improved nutrition at the subnational level

The determinants of malnutrition are varied, encompassing a range of biological, economic and sociocultural factors. Achieving global targets for reducing undernutrition calls for a multisectoral approach that includes scaled-up, proven, nutrition-specific interventions as well as nutrition-sensitive interventions and approaches.1 The last two decades have seen...

2020 02 July

COVID-19: safeguarding food systems and promoting healthy diets – A policy brief by the Global Panel

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems Global initiatives SUN Business Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition launched of its latest policy brief, COVID-19: safeguarding food systems and promoting healthy diets. The brief focuses on the profound impacts the pandemic has already had on food systems and people’s diets during 2020. It sets...

2020 17 June

Faced with Covid-19, the EU and UNICEF guarantee continuity of vital care for malnourished children in Niger

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

UNICEF Niger will benefit from USD 2.6 million dollars of financial aid from the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Union (ECHO), ensuring that children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive quality treatment and care during the Covid-19 crisis. “We are deeply concerned at the crisis...

2020 09 June

African Development Bank unveils strategy roadmap to safeguard food security against impacts of COVID-19

David Martin | COVID19 Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The African Development Bank has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes to assist African countries in tackling the nutrition and food security aspects of the COVID-19 crisis through a raft of immediate and longer-term measures. The Feed Africa Response to COVID-19 (FAREC) paves the...

2020 09 June

Nutrition International reviews its technical assistance portfolio in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

David Martin | COVID19 Technical Assistance SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nutrition International’s Nutrition Technical Assistance Mechanism (NTEAM) has conducted a thorough review across its portfolio of current or planned Technical Assistance (TA) to determine, and implement, the necessary modifications that could optimize their contribution to national...

2020 05 June

New online dashboard to inform better food policy

David Martin | Food systems Global initiatives SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and The Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World launched a new easy-to-navigate online tool designed to help decision makers understand their food systems, identify their levers of change, and...

2020 04 June

The EU and UNICEF to ensure continuity of life-saving care for malnourished children in Niger

David Martin | Child nutrition Humanitarian field SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

UNICEF receives additional USD 2.6 million funding support from the EU Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) to ensure that children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive quality care and treatment amidst the Covid-19 pandemic context. The country estimates that the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition...

2020 03 June

The power of connecting vaccines and good nutrition

Iselin Danbolt | Advocacy Child nutrition COVID19 Equality Global initiatives Health Investments Multi-Sectoral SUN Movement Coordinator SUN Donor Network 1

*Blog by SUN Movement Coordinator Gerda Verburg on the occasion of Gavi’s third donor pledging conference, the Global Vaccine Summit 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought uncertainties and fears. Families are facing an urgent challenge: how to keep themselves and their children protected and healthy, both physically...

2020 27 May

Preparing for SUN Movement 3.0, a message from the Executive Committee

David Martin | SUN Movement Executive Committee SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

Dear Friends of the SUN Movement, In April 2020, the final report of the Strategic Review of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, 2019-2020, was released. As you are aware, this strategic review process that started in late 2019 built on the findings from the 2018...

2020 27 May

The SUN Movement Executive Committee welcomes two new members

David Martin | SUN Movement Executive Committee SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The SUN Movement is pleased to welcome Jo Moir and Christelle Huré on the SUN Movement Executive Committee. The two new members join at a critical moment when the Executive Committee is shaping and preparing for the third phase of the SUN Movement. Jo Moir, joining...