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2021 30 August

The SUN Movement celebrates 2021 World Breastfeeding Week

Each year, from 1-7 August, countries, organisations and nutrition champions celebrate World Breastfeeding Week all over the world. In 2021, under its theme ‘Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility’, this week served as an important a time to revisit the commitments made at the start of...

2021 02 April

Improve nutrition in the Central Sahel by strengthening local food systems

David Martin | Food insecurity Food systems Malnutrition Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) announced that they are partnering in an 18-month project to improve the production, availability and consumption of nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition among women and children in Africa’s Central Sahel region comprising Burkina...

2021 17 March

Nutrition and gender leadership on the menu for francophone SUN countries

Iselin Danbolt | Advocacy Capacity building Champions gender equality Multi-Sectoral Multi-stakeholder planning Peer-to-peer learning Women's empowerment SUN Country Network, SUN Secretariat 1

Capacity strengthening is a central area to accelerate multi-sectoral nutrition actions at national and sub-national levels. This also rings true for scaling up gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the SUN Movement. Nutrition International’s Nutrition Technical Assistance Mechanism (NTEAM), through the...

2021 11 February

Lessons learned from Humanitarian Development Nexus reviews in Myanmar, Niger and Afghanistan

David Martin | HDN Humanitarian Development Nexus Humanitarian field SUN Country Network 0

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2021 08 January

Children to suffer from acute malnutrition in the DRC, Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen in 2021

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

UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen. These are all countries or regions experiencing...

2020 20 August

New IFAD’s project in Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change resilience

David Martin | Climate Food systems Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor rural households in Niger that are vulnerable to climate shocks and food insecurity. In Niger, most people live in rural areas and depend...

2020 27 July

Multisector collaboration for improved nutrition at the subnational level

David Martin | Multi-stakeholder planning Technical Assistance Theory of Change SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

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 20 July

IFAD’s support to Niger for food and nutrition security and climate change resilience

David Martin | Agriculture Climate Food systems Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) today announced a new project that will boost support for about 210,000 poor rural households in Niger that are vulnerable to climate shocks and food insecurity. In Niger, most people live in rural areas and...

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 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...