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The challenges of improving nutrition in Mozambique and the engagement of the private sector

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network The SUN Business Network Mozambique (SBNMoz) gathered around 200 participants, including national businesses, government representatives, civil society and academia, at its 3rd annual conference, To discuss the challenges of improving nutrition in Mozambique. The theme of this…
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Publication date: FRI, 12 APR, 2019
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Launch of the SUN business network of Malawi

* Originally published by the SUN Business Network The official launch of the SUN Business Network Malawi took place on February 2019 at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre, Malawi. The launch event was attended by 90 delegates, including representatives from government, UN agencies and academia. The Republic of…
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Publication date: TUE, 9 APR, 2019
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SWA sector ministers’ meeting, an agreement on decisive actions to end inequalities in access to water and sanitation

Over 50 ministers came together to agree on joint action towards achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene at the two-day SWA 2019 Sector Ministers’ Meeting. These discussions among ministers and their development partners mark a breakthrough in the global approach to the governance,…
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Publication date: TUE, 9 APR, 2019
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The World Bank supports Lao PDR to reduce malnutrition in children

Lao PDR will benefit from USD 72 million in new financing, under three projects approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors, which focus on reducing malnutrition in children and improving public resource use and service delivery. “One in every three children in…
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Publication date: MON, 8 APR, 2019
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019

The Global Report on Food Crises 2019 highlights the plight of millions of people who must fight every day against acute hunger and malnutrition. The report also points the way towards solutions that can rebuild lives and livelihoods in communities around the world. Climate-induced disasters, economic…
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Publication date: THU, 4 APR, 2019
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South Sudan moves forward on developing a Multi-sectoral Nutrition Action Plan

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with WFP and Save the Children on behalf of the UN Network and Civil Society Alliance organized a half day SUN Movement advocacy workshop on 22 February, bringing together 49 people from Ministries of Health, Education and General Instruction,…
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Publication date: WED, 3 APR, 2019
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Ethiopia Nutrition Leaders Network launched

The Ethiopia Nutrition Leaders Network (ENLN) was launched the past month of February. Committed to ending child malnutrition by 2030, Ethiopia has now approved its Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP) and is moving forward in creating food and nutrition council and a Secretariat, a governing…
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Publication date: MON, 1 APR, 2019
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Crises in rural areas threatens progress in hunger, according to the 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Marked by deepening cycle of hunger and malnutrition, persistent poverty, limited economic opportunities, and environmental degradation, rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis in many parts of the world, threatening to slow the progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, global climate targets,…
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Publication date: THU, 28 MAR, 2019
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Launch of SUN Business Network Sri Lanka

* Read HERE the full story in the SUN Business Network website. Article written by Farzana Khan and Anusara Singhkumarwong, WFP Sri Lanka Based on intensive consultation with various private sector companies, and other government stakeholders, the Sri Lanka SBN kick off meeting was organized…
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Publication date: WED, 27 MAR, 2019
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The SUN Business Network unveils its new website

The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN), which is the world’s leading private sector initiative focused on nutrition, has launched a brand-new website. The launch signifies a new era for the SBN as it enters its second phase (SBN 2.0), with a renewed determination from…
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Publication date: MON, 25 MAR, 2019
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The Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit, by the Global Breastfeeding Collective

The Breastfeeding Advocacy Toolkit is intended to ensure stakeholders are able to easily access and use advocacy tools aimed at improving policies and financing for the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding. The Toolkit is an initiative of the Global Breastfeeding Collective. Led by UNICEF and…
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Publication date: THU, 21 MAR, 2019
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Inter-Ministerial meeting to identify ways to implement national policies to improve diets in Ghana

African #LeadersForNutrition Champion First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, convened an inter-Ministerial meeting to identify ways to implement national policies to improve diets, while contributing to other policy goals across governmentAn inter-Ministerial meeting organised by the Ministry of Planning, convened 3 ministers and technical advisers to build…
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Publication date: WED, 20 MAR, 2019
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An Investment Framework for Nutrition: reaching the global targets for stunting, anemia, breastfeeding, and wasting

In 2015, 159 million children under the age of five were chronically malnourished or stunted, underscoring a massive global health and economic development challenge (UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank 2015). In 2012—in an effort to rally the international community around improving nutrition—the 176 members of…
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Publication date: WED, 20 MAR, 2019
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Strength in numbers: Steering the ecosystem towards gender equality and empowerment to fight malnutrition

* Blog by SUN Movement Coordinator, Gerda Verburg, originally published by Women Deliver It is a long-known fact that multiple sectors and stakeholders must come together if we are serious about fighting all forms of malnutrition. This also rings true (perhaps even more so) for the fight…
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Publication date: WED, 20 MAR, 2019
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A nutrition story of change from Nepal

*An article by Prof. Dr. Geeta Bhakta Joshi and Stanley Chitekwe Background Nepal as part of the Global SUN Movement Nepal is a Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement early riser – the fifth country, joined the Movement on 5 May 2011 with a letter of commitment…
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Publication date: TUE, 19 MAR, 2019
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Celebrating progress and setting priorities: highlighting the importance of jointly assessing the nutrition landscape

Every year, all 60 member countries of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement are invited to undertake a Joint-Assessment – an essential moment for in-country partners to come together and reflect on their contributions towards scaling up nutrition. As a participatory exercise, the Joint-Assessment offers…
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Publication date: TUE, 19 MAR, 2019
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Innovative financing mechanisms in nutrition, a policy brief by ACF

The 2018 Global Report on Nutrition (GNR) highlighted that undernutrition remains a major global problem causing at least 45 per cent of deaths of children under 5 years in most developing countries. Specifically, chronic undernutrition continues to affect the world with 150.8 million stunted children…
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Publication date: MON, 18 MAR, 2019
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Changing behaviours for an anaemia-free pregnancy in Indonesia

* Originally published by Nutrition International In the Manggarai Barat district of East Nusa Tenggara, midwife Rosina Flaviana Susianawati, popularly known as Osi, is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that women in her region have a healthy pregnancy, free from anaemia. Anaemia during pregnancy…
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Publication date: MON, 18 MAR, 2019
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Welcome to the SUN Movement, Madhya Pradesh!

On 15 January 2019, Mr. J.N. Kansotiya Principal Secretary of the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh (India) signed, on behalf of the Ministry, a letter of commitment to join the 60 countries and 3 Indian States that drive the SUN Movement….
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Publication date: FRI, 15 MAR, 2019
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Guatemalan Congress approves loan to combat chronic malnutrition

On Wednesday 27 February, the Guatemalan Congress approved a decree that authorises the Government to sign a loan agreement of up to US$100 million with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), to fund the Crecer Sano (Grow up Healthy) project, the main aim…
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Publication date: FRI, 15 MAR, 2019