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2019 09 August

Key partners formalize commitment to work jointly to address food and nutrition security in Africa

In partnership with the African Union, leaders of four multilateral agencies – The African Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Bank-- called a high-level meeting with development partners on...

2019 05 August

Cambodia launches project to tackle malnutrition

David Martin | Investments Maternal health Policies & laws SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Cambodia launched a five-year nutrition project, aiming at improving the quality of health and nutrition services provided to mothers and children in the country. Speaking at the project launching ceremony here, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said the 53-million-U.S. dollar project was jointly funded by the Cambodian...

2019 31 July

Building nutrition leadership skills in SUN countries

David Martin | Advocacy Capacity building Peer-to-peer learning SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement’s progress relies significantly on national government Focal Points for galvanising in-country stakeholders to come together, align contributions and implement multi-sector plans for improving nutrition. Focal Points are central to multistakeholder nutrition platforms: they are conveners, facilitators, coordinators, problem-solvers...

2019 22 July

Multi-sector convergence approach to reducing malnutrition in Lao PDR

David Martin | Multi-Sectoral Multi-stakeholder planning Nutrition commitments SUN Donor Network 0

High levels of childhood malnutrition present a staggering, yet avoidable, loss of human and economic potential for Lao PDR. Childhood stunting is associated with poor health, delayed child development, underperformance in school, and eventually reduced employment opportunities, and thus contributes to keeping communities in poverty....

2019 18 July

Reducing stunting through multisectoral efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa

David Martin | Child nutrition Global initiatives Nutrition-Sensitive Regional initiatives Research SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

All Hands on Deck Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa A copublication of the Agence française de développement and the World Bank The report book lays the groundwork for more effective multisectoral action on reducing stunting by analyzing and generating empirical evidence useful for informing the...

2019 17 July

Inspiring the shift from nutrition policy to implementation – NiPN study in Guatemala

David Martin | SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published at the NiPN website Inspiring the shift from nutrition policy to implementation: how existing data can support nutrition decision-making in Guatemala This new study analyses Guatemala’s progress in implementing multisectoral stunting reduction strategies, specifically the National Strategy for the Prevention of Chronic Malnutrition (ENPDC) 2016-2020....

2019 26 June

Heritage crops and under-represented food: Nutritious, affordable and high impact

Sara Quinn | Agriculture Capacity building Food systems Multi-Sectoral Nutrition-Sensitive Peer-to-peer learning Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

An urgent call to action to improve nutrition in the South Asia Region The third South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI) Roundtable event was held last week in Bangkok, Thailand highlighting the role of high impact and under-represented nutrition sensitive food systems in South...

2019 07 June

Reducing the prevalence of stunting in the DRC with the support of the World Bank

David Martin | Child nutrition Health Humanitarian field Investments Maternal health SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a total financing of USD 502 million for the Multisectoral Nutrition and Health project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This funding comprises a USD 246 million credit and a USD 246 grant from the...

2019 22 May

Nine new SUN Movement countries will join the Global Financing Facility

David Martin | SUN Donor Network 0

Following the GFF replenishment event in November 2018 that raised more than USD 1 billion for the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF), the GFF announced that 9 countries, all of them part of the SUN Movement (Chad, Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, Tajikistan,...

2019 20 May

Nutrition International launches bold plan to drive SDG progress

David Martin | Advocacy Global initiatives Investments Multi-stakeholder planning Nutrition commitments SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Nutrition International released its plan to mobilize CAD 700 million through 2024 in the global fight against malnutrition. The investment case, the first of its kind for a global nutrition organization, will finance the scale-up of proven high-impact, low-cost nutrition interventions, particularly for women, adolescent girls and children. It lays...