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The World Bank approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of USD 50 million to support the government of Benin’s efforts to reduce stunting and improve early childhood development outcomes in children under five years of age. The five-year Early Years Nutrition and Child Development…

* Originally published by IFAD About 34,000 vulnerable rural households in Sierra Leone will benefit from a new USD 72.6 million project that aims to improve food and nutrition security and raise the incomes of smallholder farmers by modernizing agriculture, increasing production and developing markets….

Interview of Mr Tiisetso Elias SUN Focal Point in Lesotho Can you tell us a bit about the nutrition situation in Lesotho? What are the key underlying causes? Tiisetso Elias: Lesotho is facing a problem of malnutrition that is often referred to as ‘triple burden’…

The Global Health 50/50 2019 report is a review of gender-related policies and practices of 198 global organisations active in health, with a special focus on gender equality in the workplace. In 2019, the SUN Movement has emerged as one of 17 high performing organisations on…

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2019 Think equal, build smart, innovate for change! Ainagul Muratalieva has never seriously thought about fortification. To her, a simple sense of fullness was equal to good nutrition. She is the head of a local community-based nongovernmental organisation. Ainagul and her family…

* 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…

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN Burkina Faso has taken great strides to address malnutrition in the country, including concerted efforts to strengthen nutrition governance. Since 2015, the UN Network, through its intensive arm –REACH– has worked closely with the SUN Government…

The Kingdom of Denmark through the Royal Danish Embassy in Kabul and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to provide emergency assistance to more than 142,000 drought-affected vulnerable livestock herders and pastoralists and their families in six of the worst drought-affected provinces of Afghanistan. Under this project, vulnerable livestock herders in areas hardest hit by drought…

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN Malnutrition remains an issue of critical concern in Liberia, as nearly one-third of children under the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age) and almost half a million (69 per cent) are…

As part of the support activities to member countries of the SUN movement, on 25 February, the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene organized a meeting with the United Nations Network Secretariat to discuss the process for mapping nutrition actors and actions in Lomé. Representatives…

SUN Movement team in Somalia organised a successful and inclusive consultation forum with Private Sector stakeholders drawn from Academia (comprising Somali National University and private Universities) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Somalia on Establishment of a Nutritional Centre of Excellence (CoE) using a participatory model. The forum provided a platform for gathering diverse stakeholder views and opinions on establishment of the center that will adequately play a strategic role in addressing nutritional-related needs and priorities in Somalia in line with the Global and Somalia SUN Movement Road Maps. The forum focused on defining the…

The Government of Myanmar and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a multi-year framework agreement that will create an enabling environment to improve nutrition and food security in Myanmar, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use of natural resources. The Country Programming…

Japan has announced its contribution of USD 10.6 million to fight malnutrition, improve livelihoods and increase resilience to natural disasters in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. This is part of a partnership that the Government of Japan signed with the United…

More than 150 specialists representing public and private entities, as well as NGOs, participated in the 2nd Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Program of the United Nations (UN) One Planet Network, which was held at the Headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation…

For Nepal, ending hunger and improving nutrition for all its citizens will be a significant task, but one that is within its grasp. The country has already made great strides in reducing undernourishment and stunting. However, the prevalence of both are still high and challenges…

The Government of Guatemala is taking up the challenge of the “Crecer Sano” project, aimed at reducing malnutrition, which will be funded with a USD 100 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). “It is socially profitable to invest in children’s…

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released in Juba by the Government of South Sudan in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) shows that the…

Senegalese civil society used a press conference in Dakar to challenge candidates in the country’s presidential election to be held on 24 February 2019. “The fight against malnutrition is a development imperative,” said Mr Seydou Ndiaye, National Coordinator of the Civil Society Organisations Platform for…

During an official side event at the 32nd African Union Assembly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – the SUN Movement, EAT and NEPAD came together to focus on the question – How to Nourish Africa through improved nutrition and sustainable food systems? The side event officially Launched…

Members of the SUN Movement Executive Committee gathered on 28-29 January 2019 at the SUN Secretariat in Geneva for their annual retreat. The main focus of the retreat was on the outcomes of the SUN Movement Mid-Term Review. The Executive Committee discussed the findings and…