South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population – victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling – UNICEF said in a report released on 15 December 2017. Years of...
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On December 12, 2017 the report titled "Standing Tall: Peru's Success in the Fight against Chronic Malnutrition” was presented in Lima (Peru). This publication, prepared by the World Bank, tells how Peru has more than halved its high rates of stunting in children under 5...
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On December 2017, the Government of Madagascar and the World Bank launched an ambitious program that will support efforts to reduce child stunting (low height for age) through a Multiphase Programmatic Approach. The Improving Nutrition Outcomes Program was approved by the World Bank. It will...
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On 5 December, representatives of the member institutions of the Presidential Commission for the Reduction of Chronic Malnutrition met to evaluate actions undertaken in 2017 and to approve the timetable for implementation of the National Strategy for the Prevention of Chronic Malnutritionin the first semester...
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In Kinshasa on 30 October 2017, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched the Common Narrative for the fight against malnutrition: a high-level, multisectoral commitment and coordination in support of the fight against chronic malnutrition in DRC....
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This blog was originally published by the Huffington Post. Access the original article. For us in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Human Rights Day, auspiciously marked at the end of each calendar year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on where we stand with making sure that...
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Guinea-Bissau celebrated its first National Nutrition Day on Saturday 18 November. An initiative promoted by the Government of Guinea-Bissau, with support from the United Nations and the World Food Programme (WFP), its aim is to improve the country’s nutritional situation. It seeks in particular to...
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The Zimbabwe Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA), an alliance of civil society organisations working together to address malnutrition, has formed an innovative new partnership with the Zimbabwe Youth council to ensure national plans to address malnutrition respond to the experiences of children...
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The SUN Civil Society Network (SUNCSN) has as we speak 2.500 member organisations organised as National Civil Society Alliances (CSA) spread across 39 countries globally. In mid-July, I attended the SUN Civil Society Regional Learning Exchange – Asia co-organised by Global SUN CSN Secretariat and the Civil...
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Find out how SUN countries in West Africa marked World Breastfeeding Week 2017 (WBW2017) under the theme “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together”, highlighting how breastfeeding provides the essential nutrients that infants worldwide need to grow, develop and survive. ...
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