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2019 10 January
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Making adolescent nutrition a priority in Tanzania with the support of Nutrition International

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

Adolescents in Tanzania comprise nearly 20 per cent of the population. Harnessing their potential is critical for the country’s social and economic development, yet they are faced with many challenges including high rates of child marriage, pregnancy and malnutrition. Confronted with these challenges, the Ministry of...

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2018 30 November
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The 2018 Global Nutrition Report: shining a light to spur action on nutrition

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

The 2018 Global Nutrition Report reviews existing processes, highlights progress in combating malnutrition, identifies challenges and proposes ways to solve them. Through this, the report guides action, builds accountability and sparks increased commitment to furthering the progress that can reduce malnutrition much faster. The Global...

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2018 25 October
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The SUN Movement put nutrition high on the agenda during the 73rd UN General Assembly

David Martin   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 0

The SUN Movement helped ensure that nutrition was high on the agenda during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September 2018. Transforming Food Systems to Drive Impact on SDG2 On 25 September, the SUN Coordinator, Gerda Verburg, shared her views...

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2018 17 October
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Taking stock: a progress report on Nutrition for Growth

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Donor Network 0

  Article written by Nandini Pillai* and originally published by ACTION This World Food Day, ACTION is reflecting on progress made over the last five years to fill the gap in financing for nutrition by releasing Following the Funding: Nutrition for Growth — Progress Report. It includes ACTION’s...

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2018 30 August
3

Tisu Zimpita, SUN Nutrition Champion: “To boost global nutrition, give local advocates more tools”

David Martin   |   Blogs 0

Article written by Andrew Green, originally published in Malnutrition Deeply  Tisungeni Zimpita led one of the first national-level efforts to coordinate organizations to focus on nutrition, which led her to be named a Scaling Up Nutrition Champion. She shares some of the lessons from her work.   TISUNGENI ZIMPITA, An award-winning...

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2018 27 August
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Civil society pushes for more public spending on nutrition in East and Southern Africa

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network 0

Civil societies from Eastern and Southern Africa have called on governments to increase spending on initiatives aimed at fighting malnutrition. The groups have proposed that governments increase their spending from 0.54 per cent of their national budgets to 3 per cent to bolster efforts to...

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2018 11 July
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Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: National implementation of the international code – Status Report 2018

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

This report provides updated information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions (“the Code”) in and by countries. The report documents the adoption of new legislation implementing the Code in a few...

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