In September 2014, UNICEF launched the progress report for their child survival call to action – A Promise Renewed. The annual report focuses on newborn survival and discusses levels and trends in under-five and neonatal mortality and analyses key interventions for mothers and newborns. The report...
Read MoreOn 24 September 2014, at the United Nations Climate Summit, Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that Queen Letizia of Spain will attend the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) scheduled to take place in Rome this year...
Read MoreOn 25 September 2014, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Malawi, Dr George Chaponda spoke on behalf of the state’s president at the Zero Hunger event held on the side-lines of the United Nations General Assembly. He said Malawi is experiencing food...
Read MoreThe third Scaling Up Nutrition: In Practice brief focuses on social mobilization, advocacy and communication for nutrition. Stakeholders from six SUN countries have contributed accounts of their experiences in raising awareness and mobilizing public support to scale up nutrition. Key lessons have been identified in...
Read MoreFrom 8 to 14 September 2014, participants from the SUN countries of Tanzania, Senegal, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Laos, El Salvador and Guatemala were hosted by the government of Peru as part of pilot ‘Learning Route’ programme. The countries met to learn more about the strategies...
Read MoreOn 9 September 2014, SUN Network Facilitators from Donor, Civil Society, Business, the UN System and Country Networks participated in a Facilitators teleconference. The meeting was chaired for the first time by the interim SUN Movement Coordinator, Mr. Tom Arnold. The SUN Secretariat reported on...
Read MoreOn 31 July 2014, the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Secretariat hosted the second face-to-face meeting of the four SUN Networks for the year. Representatives from the Donor, Civil Society, Business and UN Networks discussed issues related to the following areas; SUN Independent Comprehensive Evaluation SUN 2014 Annual...
Read MoreOn 24 July 2014, IFAD hosted an intensive training workshop for nutrition experts in Rome on the importance of nutrition-sensitive agriculture. The 4 day session was described by Bibi Giyose, senior nutrition policy advisor at FAO, as an example of UN agencies working together for...
Read MoreOn 4 August 2014, the United States (U.S.) Africa Leaders Summit took place in Washington D.C. President Obama welcomed leaders from across the African continent for a three day summit under the theme “Investing in the Next Generation”. Throughout the summit, action on reducing child...
Read MoreThe week of 1 – 7 August was recognised as World Breast Feeding Week (WBW) in 2014, with the slogan and theme, Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal – For Life! WBW is an annual commemoration of the Innocenti Declaration made by World Health Organisation (WHO) and...
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