On 29th and 30th June 2015, the United Nations (UN) Network for SUN held a regional consultation in Bangkok, Thailand, to further coordinate efforts on scaling up nutrition in the Asia and Pacific. The meeting was hosted by FAO and co-organised by the United Nations Standing...
Read MoreOn 29th June 2015, The Global Prevalence of Anaemia in 2011 was shared by the World Health Organisation. The document describes the global estimates of prevalence of anaemia in preschool-age children (6-59 months), women of reproductive age (15-49 years), by pregnancy status, by region and by country. The estimates...
Read MoreOn 18th June 2015, eight world leaders were recognised for the steps they have taken towards improving gender equality. Three of the leaders were from SUN Countries Indonesia, Malawi and Rwanda. In Indonesia, President Joko Widodo promotes the increase of women in senior leadership positions and women representation in...
Read MoreOn 17th June 2015, a report on the level of food insecurity in Yemen was launched by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) in Yemen with the support of UN Agencies and development partners. The analysis used the globally recognized Integrated Food Security...
Read MoreOn 16th June 2015, the International Day of the African Child was commemorated under the theme "Accelerating our collective efforts to end child marriage in Africa". Community leaders, traditional, religious leaders, girls affected by child marriage and key stakeholders came together to focus on the rights of...
Read MoreIn June 2015, the United Nations Global Nutrition Agenda (UNGNA) was launched by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN). The UNGNA provides a broad framework for the aligning of UN agencies in support of global and national nutrition goals. This first version was endorsed...
Read MoreOn 10th June 2015, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau signed a US$4.7 million loan and US$4.7 million grant agreement to finance the Economic Development Project for the Southern Regions (PADES) with the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD). PADES aims to boost agricultural production,...
Read MoreOn 1st June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat chaired the monthly conference call of the SUN Network Facilitators. This meeting provided the facilitators an update on progress towards the development of the SUN Movement Strategy 2016 - 2020. It was noted that a Transitional Stewardship Team (TST) had been put...
Read MoreOn 7th June 2015, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) awarded countries for achieving Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG1), also known as the hunger target, and honored those who had met the more stringent World Food Summit (WFS) goal of 1996. "If we all do our...
Read MoreFrom the 18th to 16th May 2015, the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event brought together World Health Organization (WHO) Member States and saw key milestones for nutrition towards achieving the WHA 2025 Global Targets. These include the approval...
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