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2021 02 April
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Improve nutrition in the Central Sahel by strengthening local food systems

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

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) announced that they are partnering in an 18-month project to improve the production, availability and consumption of nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition among women and children in Africa’s Central Sahel region comprising Burkina...

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2021 25 March
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Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine in over 20 countries

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today. Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria top the...

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2021 09 March
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Tackling malnutrition for a better Bangladesh with the support of the SBN

David Martin   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network Since joining the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in 2012, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has been resolutely committed to addressing the nutritional needs of their population. Now, with 137 private sector members and a dynamic, enthusiastic team...

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2021 19 February
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Urgent scaling up of emergency response needed as Somalia faces acute food insecurity crisis

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Over 2.6 million people in Somalia are expected to be in extreme food insecurity according to the latest joint technical assessment released by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS...

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2021 15 February
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Acute malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen in 2021

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive...

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2021 12 February
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Case study on the inter-cluster famine response strategy in South Sudan

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The crisis in South Sudan remains complex and protracted with both acute and chronic needs experienced at varying levels across 78 counties of the country and Abyei region. Nearly 4 million people remain displaced by the humanitarian crisis: 1.5 million internally and more than 2...

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