Supporting Women to reach their Breastfeeding Goals
Supporting Women to reach their Breastfeeding Goals...
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2018
09
October
Champions
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
19
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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2018
05
June
Scaling Up Nutrition Champions to gather at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2018 for more and better nutrition leadership
The 2017 Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Champions took part in the EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2018, preceded by a first of its kind, three-day Champion Training from 8-10 June, supported by EAT and the SUN Movement [1] and designed to help progress national food and...
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2018
11
April
Prof. Geeta Bhakta Joshi: “Good nutrition during the first 1000 days is the wisest investment during the whole life of a human being”
A blog by Prof. Dr. Geeta Bhakta Joshi* — SUN Movement Nutrition Champion 2017 What first inspired you to champion nutrition and where do you continue to draw your inspiration from? Even though Nepal has made significant progress in reducing stunting in children under 5 years, from 57 per...
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2018
10
April
2017 Nutrition Champion blogs
Each SUN Movement Nutrition Champion contributes to an increasingly global group of nutrition champions who are galvanizing political attention toward improving nutrition. As champions from all different levels, their advocacy not only benefits their own nations, but their efforts have inspired other countries that are...
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2018
10
January
How Nepal managed to curb its stunting problem
Nepal once had the highest rate of stunting in the world. To bring those numbers down, officials first recognized that stunting is not a problem to be solved on its own. Using a combination of approaches, including specific healthcare interventions to address stunting, and by encouraging...
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