In March 2016, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have called for the creation of a high-level body - “African Leaders for Nutrition” (ALN) which will champion the implementation of diverse policies and interventions to address malnutrition in all its forms...
Read MoreUntil 18 April 2016, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking a service provider for the supply of technical assistance to SUN Countries. The contract start date will be 31 August 2016 and will run for four years. The technical assistance will build...
Read MoreFrom Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 February 2016, the First World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting of National Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Programme Directors and Managers was convened in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting provided a key opportunity for national NCD programme directors and managers to exchange local...
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UN Network for SUN documents, communications & materials A revised version of the UN Network for SUN/REACH 2.0 strategy, which takes into account the outcomes of the March F2F UN Network Steering Committee meeting, was circulated among the Network in March. Current plans foresee the...
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On 18 January 2016, a provincial level SUN Movement Secretariat was launched in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The event was organised by the Planning and Development Board with the support of the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) and Pakistan’s national SUN Movement Secretariat. Mr. Raja Ashfaq Sarwar,...
Read MoreOn 15 January 2016, the Government of Niger launched its first multi-sectoral nutrition security strategy titled “Politique national multisectorielle de sécurité nutritionnelle” (PNSN), focused on the engagement of various stakeholder groups in the fight against malnutrition. The launch concludes over six months of development, including...
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On 13 January 2016, Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) in collaboration with the Center for Trade, Policy and Development (CTPD) made a joint submission to the Zambia Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture to reform the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). The submission called...
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On 27 December 2015, the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia convened the first multi-stakeholder meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition, hosted by the Minister for Commerce and Industries in Mogadishu. The objective of the ministerial level meeting, called by the H.E. the Prime Minister, was...
Read MoreIn November 2015, the evaluation team of the SUN Movement Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) evaluation released the SUN Movement MPTF Interim Report. This Report presents: an update on the progress of the independent evaluation; and principal preliminary findings, including possible options for the future...
Read MoreThe African Development Bank (AfDB) is exploring ways in which it can increase its support to SUN Countries through effective partnerships across the SUN Movement. The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently announced its plans to increase its support to countries on nutrition as part of...
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