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2021 24 August
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Costa Rica launches dietary guidelines for children under 2: only 39.7% have an adequate diet

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Country Network 0

On 11 August, during World Breastfeeding Week 2021, Costa Rica launched dietary guidelines focusing specifically on nutrition during the critical first 1,000-day window of opportunity, from conception until a girl or boy is two years old. These guidelines aim to improve eating habits and reduce...

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2021 06 April
19

Viet Nam’s national nutrition strategy for 2021-2030: More equitable, resilient, and sustainable food and health systems

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

*A blog by Phuong Huynh, the National Institute of Nutrition, and Linh Phan, Alive & Thrive/SUN Civil Society Alliance Viet Nam Viet Nam is at the vanguard of baby and infant development among Southeast Asian countries. Results from a recent national nutrition survey show that Viet...

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2021 08 March
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Putting the Seqota Declaration into action: Fostering gender equality in nutrition at the district level in Ethiopia

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Civil Society Network 0

Ethiopia, an exemplar in stunting reduction,[1] joined the SUN Movement in 2012 and announced the Seqota Declaration in 2015, which is a high-level commitment to end childhood stunting and undernutrition by 2030. Nutrition International, a key SUN Movement partner, has worked to foster gender equality...

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2020 29 April
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Power of the people: how community leaders tackle malnutrition in Mali

Frederik Weidner   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

Dedicated local leadership supported by the SUN Movement Pooled Fund is delivering results for communities through multisectoral platforms Following Mali’s constitutional revision in 2017, recognizing the right to food and adequate nutrition as a constitutional right for Malians, strengthened advocacy towards decision-makers at various levels was...

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2020 11 March
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Obesity, health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Long believed to be a problem exclusive to high-income countries, evidence shows that over 70 percent of the world's 2 billion overweight and obese individuals live in low- or middle-income countries. Faced with increasing disability, mortality, health care costs, and lower productivity, obesity is a...

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2020 28 February
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Guatemala launches Grand National Crusade for Nutrition

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network 0

Guatemala launched one of President Alejandro Giammattei’s most significant projects in January: its Grand National Crusade for Nutrition. It will focus on detecting cases of malnutrition in 114 priority municipalities in order to eliminate this scourge from the population. The priority focus will be on high...

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