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2015 12 January
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COP1 Conference Call | Country examples are shared from Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire

Thuy   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network 0

On the 24th October 2014, the second conference call to develop the Community of Practice on planning, costing, implementing and financing multi-sectoral actions for improved nutrition was held. Twenty-five participants from SUN Networks and technical agencies participated in the call as a follow-up from the...

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2014 19 December
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Bangladesh loan for $1.1 billion is approved by the World Bank

Thuy   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

On 16th December 2014, the office of the World Bank Executive Board approved a loan amounting to $1.1 billion for three projects in Bangladesh. The fund has the potential to benefit almost 36m people by improving the quality of primary education, building coastal communities’ resilience to natural...

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2014 07 November
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Benin hosts a workshop for SUN countries on financing nutrition interventions

Thuy   |   SUN Country Network 1

A regional workshop of tools related to financing nutrition interventions took place in Cotonou (Benin) from 28 to 31 October 2014. The workshop reviewed ownership of tools across costing, financial tracking and participatory local impact monitoring of nutrition interventions. The workshop was organized by the Government...

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2014 29 September
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The Government of Gambia launches a results based financing project with the World Bank

Thuy   |   SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat 0

On 17 September 2014, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare launched a US$8.7 million grant from the World Bank to implement a 5-year results based financing project called the “Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Results Project”. The project is being facilitated by the...

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2014 25 August
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SUN Networks and technical agencies meet and collectively build knowledge on costing and financial tracking

Thuy   |   Uncategorized 0

On the 16 July 2014, a conference call was organized among participants from the SUN global Networks and from specialized technical agencies to follow-up on the Nairobi Workshop on Costing and Financial Tracking held in November 2013. The agenda included stock-taking of national-level costing exercises as well...

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2013 23 March
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Undernutrition costs Tajikistan US$41 million annually

Thuy   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

In February 2012, the World Bank and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) jointly developed a report to calculate the potential human and economic benefits to be gained from increasing nutrition investments in Tajikistan. This report provides compelling evidence of the potential to improve health and...

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