2020
29
June
Behaviour change
2020
27
May
2020
29
April
Power of the people: how community leaders tackle malnutrition in Mali
David Martin
| Behaviour changeMulti-stakeholder planningSUN Movement Pooled Fund SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network
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
31
March
SUN Movement Pooled Fund success story in Nepal
David Martin
| Behaviour changeMulti-stakeholder planningSUN Movement Pooled Fund SUN Country Network
Harnessing national reforms to advance nutrition: a SUN Movement Pooled Fund success story in Nepal As the fifth country to join the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal has continuously shown its commitment to end malnutrition in all its forms since May...
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2020
11
March
Obesity, health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge
David Martin
| Behaviour changeChild nutritionOverweight and obesity SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network
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
Guatemala launches Grand National Crusade for Nutrition
David Martin
| AdvocacyBehaviour changeEducationMulti-stakeholder planningPolicies & lawsProgramming SUN Country Network
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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2019
22
October
Guiding principles for sustainable healthy diets
In the margins of World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) published a set of Guiding Principles for Sustainable Healthy Diets. These guiding principles take into account nutrient recommendations and nutrient intake goals, and...
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2019
04
October
Childhood Overweight and the Retail Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Factors that promote overweight and obesity are particularly concerning in Latin America and the Caribbean, where an estimated 58 per cent of adults are overweight (compared to 34 per cent globally) and 23 per cent are obese – and 7 per cent of children under...
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2019
20
September
A for-profit project has improved nutrition in Rwanda
David Martin
| AgricultureBehaviour changeFood systemsNutrition commitments SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network
* Originally published by the World Bank No fewer than seven institutional and academic reports on sustainable global food systems were published in 2019. Never has there been so much attention paid to the role our food systems play in safeguarding the health of people and...
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2019
13
August
The 2019 nutrition promotion month kicks off in Myanmar
David Martin
| AdvocacyBehaviour changeBreastfeedingChild nutritionMaternal healthWomen's nutrition SUN UN Network
The Nutrition Promotion Month (2019) with the theme of ‘’Invest in Nutrition: Join Hands in Building the Nation’’ will be conducted throughout August by seeking attention to the importance of coordinated effort to support good nutrition for all populations in Myanmar. With the leadership of...
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