Over 200 delegates, including dealmakers, entrepreneurs and investors will meet at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF) on October 16-17 – World Food Day — in Nairobi, Kenya, to explore partnerships, access business finance and enter new markets. Over these two days, selected Small and Medium Enterprises...
Read More
On 5 March 2018 the Trade and Markets Division of FAO issued the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. According to the report, some 37 countries are in need of external assistance for food, unchanged from three months ago. ...
Read MoreOn 15th June 2015, Civil Society Alliances from Benin, Guinea, Senegal, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Chad, Cameroon and Liberia, came together in Dakar, Senegal to for a three day Advocacy Training followed immediately by a one day Regional Workshop. The event...
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 MoreFrom the 27th to 29th April 2015, participants from 14 SUN countries met in Abidjan to accelerate efforts in budget analysis for nutrition. This was part of a series of four regional workshops that aim to help policy makers prioritise, plan and make informed decisions on...
Read MoreAs of 19th March 2015, preparation of regional workshops on accelerating SUN country tracking of nutrition-relevant budget allocations is progressing with organisation by UNICEF on behalf of the UN Network. The workshops will be closed events with participants upon invitation only.The 32 SUN countries participating in the...
Read MoreOn 30th November 2014, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Director General, José Graziano da Silva honored the achievements of thirteen countries for their progress in fighting hunger. SUN countries Cameroon, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Mauritania and the Philippines were among those awarded with diplomas at FAO...
Read MoreThe third Scaling Up Nutrition: In Practice brief focuses on social mobilization, advocacy and communication for nutrition. Stakeholders from six SUN countries have contributed accounts of their experiences in raising awareness and mobilizing public support to scale up nutrition. Key lessons have been identified in...
Read MoreIn May 2014, the Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon and UNICEF, hosted the first Business Forum for nutrition. Thirty private sector representatives came together in Douala to discuss the role of the private sector in investing for development and scaling up of multisectoral nutrition interventions in...
Read More
Cameroon’s approach to nutrition advocacy has been born out of a long-term neglect for nutrition in the country. Cameroon is among the 36 countries in the world with the largest number of children under five suffering from stunted growth. Nearly 33% of children under five...
Read More