Columbia University completed the study ‘Simulating Potential of Nutrition-Sensitive Investments’ in January 2014. The study was developed at the request of the SUN Movement Secretariat and is co-authored by SUN Movement Secretariat Senior Analyst and Policy Advisor, Patrizia Fracassi. This study highlights the effect of macro-economic issues...
Read MoreOn the 30 June 2014, Graca Machel, Chair of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) was joined by Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Oganisation (WHO) to welcome more than 800 leaders and public health experts to a two-day...
Read MoreOn 14 May 2014, Kenya’s Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement networks raised awareness around the importance of nutrition sensitive programs during the Action Against Hunger (ACF) ‘Nutrition Sensitive Programmes Workshop’ held in Nairobi, Kenya. This event brought together 58 participants from across the SUN Movement networks at national...
Read MoreAt the beginning of 2014, USAID sought public comment on a draft Nutrition Strategy and on 22 May 2014, USAID launched the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy (2014 – 2025). This launch recognizes the urgent need to address the direct and underlying causes of malnutrition and is...
Read MoreIn June 2014, UK Department for International Development (DFID) shared the report ‘Nutrition for Growth: one year on’. The report provides an update on progress made by the United Kingdom government to reach commitments made at Nutrition for Growth in London on 8 June 2013. Highlights of the...
Read MoreOn the 26 June 2014, the Kingdom of Cambodia became the 53rd Country to join the Sun Movement. On behalf of the Government, a letter of commitment was sent by Dr. YIM Chhay Ly, the Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council for Agricultural...
Read MoreThe Global Nutrition Report, due to be published at the second International Conference on Nutrition in November 2014, is one outcome of the Nutrition for Growth Summit held in London in 2013. The authors are a group of stakeholders, chaired by representatives of the Governments...
Read MoreThe importance of the agriculture sector for nutrition has become increasingly apparent and many partner agencies and organizations have embarked on programmes to make agriculture more nutrition sensitive. In March 2014, the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) launched a report to share the...
Read MoreTo gather the best possible advice on dealing with the crisis of childhood obesity, in May 2014 WHO's Director-General established a high-level Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. In 2012, more than 40 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese and this...
Read MoreLaunched in May 2014, this document is a joint analysis and interpretation of the current nutrition situation in Bangladesh. With data and prioritized recommendations, it identifies how the Government of Bangladesh can accelerate the scale up of nutrition and how UN agencies and development partners...
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