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2019 05 July

Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Pooled Fund – 2019 Call for Proposals

Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Pooled Fund for Multi-Sector/Stakeholder Platforms – Window II The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Pooled Fund is a source of funding of catalytic and innovative projects to support Multi-Sector/Stakeholder Platforms in SUN Countries to increase the effectiveness and impact of national efforts to...

2019 08 March

Prime Minister of the Comoros endorses the decision to map nutrition stakeholders and actions

David Martin | Info systems Research Technical Assistance SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN Chad and the Comoros are working to conduct a sweeping nutrition mapping exercise that compiles data on intervention coverage across stakeholders, which is otherwise lacking. Government officials and UN colleagues in both countries recognize that it is...

2018 26 December

Case study on nutrition resilience building and an enabling humanitarian development nexus in Somalia

David Martin | Food systems Humanitarian field Info systems Research Technical Assistance SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Bringing humanitarian and development frameworks, financing and programmes closer together - A case study of nutrition resilience building in Somalia by ENN Online This case study on nutrition resilience and the humanitarian and development nexus (HDN) in Somalia draws on interviews, field observations and meetings with over 70...

2018 21 December

Nutrition Capacity Assessment anchors multi-sectoral actions to ameliorate Chad’s dire nutrition situation

David Martin | Capacity building Nutrition commitments Research Technical Assistance SUN UN Network 0

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN The nutrition statistics for Chad are daunting. According to the 2018 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, child stunting in Chad (39.9 per cent) is climbing, well exceeding the new ‘very high’ population...

2018 07 November

UN Network conducted a mapping of nutrition interventions and stakeholders in Burkina Faso

David Martin | Technical Assistance SUN UN Network 0

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN The UN Network for Nutrition (UNN) and its intensive multi-sectoral Technical Assistance arm, REACH (Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger and undernutrition), worked closely with the Government of Burkina Faso and United Nations Country Team to conduct a...

2018 01 November

Multi-sectoral nutrition mapping exercise in the Democratic Republic of Congo highlights opportunities for reaching more vulnerable people

David Martin | Child nutrition Info systems Technical Assistance SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN A government-led mapping exercise was successfully executed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), culminating in a mapping validation workshop on 28 September 2018 in the nation’s capital. The exercise drew upon UN Network support and a...

2018 01 October

Reducing childhood stunting in Madagascar with a new adaptive approach

David Martin | Child nutrition Multi-stakeholder planning Technical Assistance SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

In Madagascar, the World Bank’s team recognized that the country’s stunting crisis could benefit from the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA). systematic, but flexible and adaptive process. “Stand-alone operations work fine in many contexts, but if you are grappling with an issue as complex as stunting, the...

2018 20 September

Mapping exercise fuels multi-sectoral action to account for nutrition results in Mali

David Martin | Capacity building Multi-Sectoral Multi-stakeholder planning Policies & laws Technical Assistance SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

* Interview originally published by the UN Network for SUN Mali continues to face high levels of malnutrition driven by multiple factors that are exacerbated by the effects of climate change and conflict. Child wasting is estimated at a whopping 10.7 per cent (SMART 2017) although national...

2018 20 September

Lesotho bridging the gap for better nutrition capacity

David Martin | Capacity building Multi-Sectoral Multi-stakeholder planning Technical Assistance SUN UN Network 0

* Story originally published by the UN Network for the SUN Movement Lesotho is making great improvements in child nutrition outcomes. Between 2004 - 2014, stunting among children under 5 years old has steadily decreased. Despite this, stunting remains high at 33.2 per cent, micronutrient deficiencies...

2018 15 August

Pakistan’s first-ever survey on Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit launched

David Martin | Technical Assistance SUN Civil Society Network, SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The Ministry of Planning Development and Reform (MoPD&R) Pakistan, with support from Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) along with Oxford Policy Management has organized a dissemination of Fortification Assessment Coverage Toolkit (FACT) Survey in Islamabad. This survey is undertaken to determine the coverage and...