2019
02
September
Niger
2019
29
July
Nutrition Forum in Mali ends with strong commitments to make nutrition a political and a financial priority
The second National Forum for Nutrition closed in Bamako, with the strongest commitment of the Republic of Mali and other stakeholders, to ensure nutrition is a political and financial priority – in response to a call to action by a range of world-renowned nutrition champions...
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2019
18
July
Reducing stunting through multisectoral efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa
David Martin
| Child nutritionGlobal initiativesNutrition-SensitiveRegional initiativesResearch SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network
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...
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2019
22
May
Nine new SUN Movement countries will join the Global Financing Facility
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,...
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2019
19
February
Hunger in Africa continues to rise according to new UN report
Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent's hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2). New data presented in the joint UN report,...
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2019
07
February
Mapping SUN Movement Networks in 17 fragile and conflict-affected states
David Martin
| Humanitarian field SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network
A snap shot of developments and progress This paper summarises findings from work carried out by ENN in 2018 to document the presence, make-up and activities of SUN country Networks in 17 SUN countries categorised as fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). ENN supports these countries through...
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2018
17
December
The African Development Bank launches a new Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan
David Martin
| Child nutritionFood systemsInvestmentsNutrition commitmentsPolicies & lawsRegional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat
The African Development Bank has unveiled a new Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan that aims at raising investments towards reducing stunting by 40 per cent in African children aged under 5 by 2025. Africa loses USD 25 billion per year in costs attributed to child morbidity...
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2018
01
December
National Information Platform for Nutrition launched in Niger
As part of the Celebration of the 28th African Statistics Day, the Minister of Public Health of Niger, Dr. Idi Illiassou Mainassara proceeded to the official launch of the National Information Platform for Nutrition, indicating that the initiative was part of national priorities by gathering...
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2018
29
November
Niger’s first multisectoral nutrition plan
David Martin
| Global initiativesMulti-stakeholder planningNutrition commitmentsPolicies & laws Engaging Multiple Stakeholders, SUN Country Network, SUN in Practice
By Ambarka Youssoufane - Originally published by ENN Online On the 15 November this year, the Niger government took a big step forward in tackling malnutrition by adopting its first ever nutrition policy known as the “national multisectoral nutrition security policy”. The policy aims to achieve the...
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2018
19
November
Number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition across the Sahel reaches 10-year high
More than 1.3 million children under five years of age in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition across six Africa’s Sahel countries are expected to receive care in 2018 – the highest number in at least a decade and a more than 50 per...
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