Supporting Women to reach their Breastfeeding Goals
Supporting Women to reach their Breastfeeding Goals...
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2018
09
October
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2019
01
July
Empowering youth leaders to advocate for nutrition
The health and nutrition of adolescents are becoming global priorities. There are over 1.2 billion adolescents aged 10-19 in the world and nearly a quarter of the people in Sub-Saharan Africa are aged 10 to 19. Different stages of the life cycle dictate differing nutrient...
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2019
07
May
SUN Business Nutrition Champion and SUN Pitch Competition winner receives business training
Originally published by the SUN Business Network Ope Olanrewaju, founder of Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics, was crowned the SUN Business Network (SBN) Nutrition Champion and winner of the first ever Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Pitch Competition in October 2018, at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum The competition showcased investment opportunities...
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2019
15
April
A “national nutrition champion” to use advocacy to accelerate progress in nutrition
On the sidelines of the first session of the National Nutrition Consultation Council (CNCN) to be held in 2018, Burkina Faso officially inaugurated its « "National Nutrition Champion", His Majesty Larlé Naaba. Held on 17 July 2018 at the Royal Beach Hotel in Ouagadougou, the...
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2019
01
April
Ethiopia Nutrition Leaders Network launched
The Ethiopia Nutrition Leaders Network (ENLN) was launched the past month of February. Committed to ending child malnutrition by 2030, Ethiopia has now approved its Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP) and is moving forward in creating food and nutrition council and a Secretariat, a governing...
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2019
09
January
Ghana’s first lady joins network of African Leaders for Nutrition
The African Leaders for Nutrition initiative welcomes Ghana’s first lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo as a Nutrition Champion, acknowledging her work and commitment to sound nutrition and the wellbeing of mothers and infants. The ALN initiative is a platform for high-level advocacy and engagement to advance nutrition in...
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2018
12
October
Approach to assess the level of integration of nutrition into agricultural development plans in Sub-Saharan Africa
David Martin
| AgricultureChampionsFood systems SUN in Practice, The Contribution of Agriculture and Social Protection to Improving Nutrition
Approach to assess the level of integration of nutrition into agricultural development plans in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of National Agricultural Investment Plans (NAIPs) By Richemont SEKI* and Mohamed AG BENDECH** Context and Purpose Sub-Saharan Africa is confronted to a triple burden of malnutrition, with under nutrition coexisting with...
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2018
17
September
Lesotho’s King Letsie III reaffirms African Leaders for Nutrition Champion role
David Martin
| ChampionsNutrition commitments SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network
His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho made a commitment to mobilize and engage with African Heads of State and Finance Ministers to rally behind the African Leaders for Nutrition initiative in the upcoming African Union Summit in January 2019. The announcement follows...
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2018
30
August
Tisu Zimpita, SUN Nutrition Champion: “To boost global nutrition, give local advocates more tools”
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
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July
2018
27
June
King Letsie III of Lesotho: ‘Multi-stakeholder collaboration critical to ending malnutrition’
The Special Ambassador for Nutrition for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho, has said collaboration among various stakeholders on nutrition is critical to ending malnutrition in a country. King Letsie III said this at the...
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