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2021 29 November
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Uganda: Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF and partners discuss advancing nutrition

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

| First published by WHO on 29 November 2021 |  Kampala, 29 November 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the country’s stakeholders on nutrition discussed advancing the nutrition agenda in Uganda in a one-day symposium, convened by the Ministry of Health, under the theme ‘Strengthening...

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2021 23 November
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Poor diets and resulting malnutrition continue to be unacceptably high, finds Global Nutrition Report 2021

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN Monthly Newsletter, SUN UN Network 0

The 2021 Global Nutrition Report, launched today, Tuesday 23 November 2021, finds that, despite some progress, diets are not getting healthier and make increasing demands on the environment, while unacceptable levels of malnutrition persist. The high human, environmental and economic costs of continuing our current...

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2021 20 October
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Kenya: NICHE programme benefits vulnerable children, and mothers

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

© UNICEF/UNI377887/Bongyereirwe *Originally published by Kenya News Agency on 5 October 2021, written by Anthony Melly There is relief for vulnerable children under the age of two years, and pregnant and lactating mothers in West Pokot and North Pokot sub-counties after the Kenyan government launched a programme...

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2021 03 September
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Afghanistan: Food supply for millions could run out this month

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Monthly Newsletter, SUN UN Network 1

Photo: UNICEF Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country. Story first published by UN News on 1 September 2021. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative...

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2021 01 June
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Children pushed into severe acute malnutrition could increase by more than double this year in Haiti

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Haiti: funding gap threatens the lives of nearly 86,000 children. The number of children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Haiti could increase by more than double this year, warned UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jean Gough, who concluded a...

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2021 30 May
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Government of Indonesia and Nutrition International share lessons from adolescent nutrition intervention to prevent anaemia

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International  Nutrition International, in partnership with the governments of Indonesia, Australia, and Canada, concluded the Prevention of Anaemia in Adolescent Girls – MITRA Youth program. Implemented in ten districts each of East Java and East Nusa Tenggara provinces, the program reached...

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2021 28 May
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Tackling hunger and malnutrition among vulnerable communities in Burkina Faso

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN UN Network 0

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of USD7 million from Japan to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable populations in a country hard-hit by the combined effects of insecurity, recurrent climate shocks, rising food prices, and the socio-economic impacts of the global...

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2021 21 May
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Acute food insecurity on the rise as the Central African Republic reels from impacts of conflict and COVID-19

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Nearly half of the population - 47 percent - suffers from high and surging acute food insecurity in the Central African Republic as the country reels from the impacts of ongoing conflict and COVID-19, and braces for another harsh May-August lean season, warn the Food and...

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