"Although the COVID-19 pandemic could push nearly 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this and other dire impacts of the crisis can be avoided if countries act immediately to shore up global food security" António Guterres, UN Secretary-General For his latest policy brief on the...
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|Dr Ferew Lemma and SUN Coordinator Gerda Verburg. | We were shocked to learn recently of the sudden passing of one of our nutrition giants, Dr Ferew Lemma of Ethiopia. I have known Dr Ferew for many years and will mourn his loss as a friend and...
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Investing in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has never been more important. A new WHO report - a key SUN Movement partner - shows that close to 7 million deaths could be prevented by 2030 if low- and lower-middle-income countries were to make an...
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|First published on Tuesday 7 December 2021 by The Japan Times| The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 is taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the Japanese government. The summit builds on more than 10 years of international focus on nutrition...
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| First published by UN News on 26 November 2021 | The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as a direct result of ongoing conflict, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a key SUN Movement partner, said...
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| First published by Ada Derana on 1 December 2021 | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with support from the Government of Australia is providing vegetable seed packs to around 46,000 vulnerable families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka....
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| First published by WHO on 29 November 2021 | Kampala, 29 November 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the country’s stakeholders on nutrition discussed advancing the nutrition agenda in Uganda in a one-day symposium, convened by the Ministry of Health, under the theme ‘Strengthening...
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| By David Laborde, Jaron Porciello and Carin Smaller. First published by ceres2030 on 25 November 2021 | When it comes to feeding the world, funders are hungry for solutions and eager for evidence that their money will make the most impact. The media spotlight recently shone on the issue...
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First published by UN News on 18 November 2021 ________________________________________ The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in the south are facing severe hunger, the top UN aid official there said on Thursday in a renewed appeal for solidarity...
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The 2021 Global Nutrition Report, launched today, Tuesday 23 November 2021, finds that, despite some progress, diets are not getting healthier and make increasing demands on the environment, while unacceptable levels of malnutrition persist. The high human, environmental and economic costs of continuing our current...
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First published by World Akkam, on Tuesday 23 November 2021 Investing in nutrition is the most profitable form of investment. For every $1 you invest in a nutrition programme, you get 30 times more profit. It’s a smart investment. Jakarta (ANTARA)-Vice President Maalphamine of Indonesia has said...
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