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2021 01 October
2

Burkina Faso: Successfully scaling up nutrition in a digital world

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Business Network, SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network, SUN Lead Group and Secretariat, SUN UN Network 2

Burkina Faso’s ten-year journey with the integrated e-diagnostic approach (IeDA) provides a rare and inspiring example of a digital health tool brought to scale. The country showcases good practice with this solution, as it covers 84 per cent of the country’s primary health care facilities...

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2021 08 March
145

Putting the Seqota Declaration into action: Fostering gender equality in nutrition at the district level in Ethiopia

Iselin Danbolt   |   SUN Civil Society Network 0

Ethiopia, an exemplar in stunting reduction,[1] joined the SUN Movement in 2012 and announced the Seqota Declaration in 2015, which is a high-level commitment to end childhood stunting and undernutrition by 2030. Nutrition International, a key SUN Movement partner, has worked to foster gender equality...

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2020 28 December
3

Empowering sub-national government with the capacity to track nutrition actions in Ethiopia

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International Since 2017, Nutrition International has supported the Government of Ethiopia build its capacity to implement the Seqota Declaration. The approach taken by NTEAM's TAN project has privileged empowerment and sustainability, strengthening capabilities at the Federal Program Delivery Unit and throughout...

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2020 10 December
2

Helping rural indigenous communities tackle malnutrition in Guatemala

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Guatemala is one of the countries of the Dry Corridor, a 1,600-kilometre arid stripe of land running along Central America’s Pacific Coast, from Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. For more than 10 million people living in these harsh lands, hunger, poverty and malnutrition are an...

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2020 02 October
4

Philippines presents a Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition

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

The Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition is a project of the National Nutrition Council in partnership with the Nutrition Officers Association of the Philippines (NAOPA), with support from Nutrition International and UNICEF Philippines. The Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition serves as a...

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2020 24 September
0

Technical assistance in Ethiopia showcases how improvements in nutrition data can improve decision-making

David Martin   |   SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International Nutrition International’s Nutrition Technical Assistance Mechanism (NTEAM) provides technical assistance (TA) to 20 countries that have signed up to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, with UK aid from the UK government through the TAN project. In 2020, NTEAM conducted progress...

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2020 27 July
7

Multisector collaboration for improved nutrition at the subnational level

David Martin   |   SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The determinants of malnutrition are varied, encompassing a range of biological, economic and sociocultural factors. Achieving global targets for reducing undernutrition calls for a multisectoral approach that includes scaled-up, proven, nutrition-specific interventions as well as nutrition-sensitive interventions and approaches.1 The last two decades have seen...

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2020 09 June
0

Nutrition International reviews its technical assistance portfolio in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

David Martin   |   SUN Donor Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nutrition International’s Nutrition Technical Assistance Mechanism (NTEAM) has conducted a thorough review across its portfolio of current or planned Technical Assistance (TA) to determine, and implement, the necessary modifications that could optimize their contribution to national...

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