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On 6 October 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) held a special event in Washington D.C. titled “Accelerating Progress in Ending Hunger and Undernutrition” to discuss how progress to end hunger and undernutrition by 2025 can be accelerated and sustained.

Quarterly Update: SUN Civil Society Network Q3 2016

On 12 October 2016, an event in N’Djamena, Chad, was held to launched the new report titled “The Cost of Hunger in Africa: the Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition on Chad’s Long-Term Development”.

On 20 October 2016, a high level event was held in Lesotho to launch the Cost of Hunger report and the new Food and Nutrition Policy. It also represented a moment to promote the membership of Lesotho in the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and the declaration of October as Lesotho’s National Nutrition Month, which in 2016 was celebrated under the theme “First 1,000 Days of Life”.

From 26-28 October 2016, the Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (ADFNS) was celebrated across the continent under the theme “Investing in Food Systems for Improving Child Nutrition: Key to Africa’s Renaissance”

From 24-26 October 2016, the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative Congress was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The congress was held on the 25th anniversary of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and represented a moment to celebrate the successes and reflect on the challenges to set a future course on how to use the lessons learned to ensure that every newborn receives appropriate care.

From 17-20 October 2016, Habitat III, the first UN global summit on urbanization since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was held in Quito, Ecuador. The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development offered a unique opportunity to discuss the…

From 17-21 October 2016, the 43rd Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS43) was held at the Food and Agriculture Organization Plenary Hall in Rome, Italy. 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of CFS which held its first session in 1976 following a World Food Conference decision in 1974.

This blog has been written by Ramatu Jalloh, SUN CSA coordinator in Sierra Leone. The first day of the Learning Route in Rwanda for civil society alliances kicked off with an Experience Fair at Umubano Hotel in Kigali. Planned as a preparation session for…

From 24-25 October 2016, a two day workshop was held to organize the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance in Liberia with 42 locals and 3 international civil society organisation under the theme “Better Nutrition For All”. The event was organized by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) with technical support from UNICEF in an effort to support the government in its commitment to fight under nutrition and build on the governments commitment to scaling up nutrition when it joined the SUN Movement in February 2014.

From 24-28 October 2016, the 2016 Micronutrient Forum was held in Mexico, providing a common ground and collaborative space for professionals, organisations and stakeholders who share an interest in reducing micronutrient malnutrition. The Conference focused on the importance of placing women’s nutrition at the center of sustainable development. Women are both a prime focus of nutrition interventions and key partners in the delivery of programs – for children, families and communities.

From 30 October to 5 November 2016, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Alliance Rwanda in collaboration with SUN Civil Society Network and PROCASUR Corporation today launch the first international Learning Route exchange program among Civil Society Alliances in Rwanda.

In October 2016, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) launched a new e-Learning module on “Improving Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems” via the FAO e-learning page. The module is designed to assist professionals from any fields related to agriculture and food systems that are involved in designing and implementing nutrition-sensitive policies and investments.

On 17 October 2016, the Government of Pakistan launched a SUN Movement Unit in Sindh Province with the presence of Minister Hazar Kahn Bijarani of the Planning and Development Department (P&DD). The Minister announced that nutrition is in the spotlight in Pakistan and together with development partners, they are fighting hard to tackle the problem of malnutrition across the country. The launch in Karachi was supported by the World Food Programme.

This Quarterly Update shares the progress made by the UN Network for SUN from July to September 2016 in accelerating the scale-up of efforts to improve nutrition. UN Network for SUN documents, communications & materials The UN Network for SUN Strategy (2016-2020) has been finalized…

SUN Business Network at the global level Advisory Group Meeting The SUN Business Network (SBN) Advisory Group held its sixth meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York City, 20th September. The meeting was attended by Advisory Group (AG) co-chairs Feike…

From 16-21 October 2016, the International Dairy Federation (IDF) Summit 2016 was held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.The IDF represents the global dairy sector and ensures the best scientific expertise is used to support high quality milk and nutritious, safe and sustainable dairy products. The event was organised by the Netherlands National Committee and had a focus on meeting the nutritional needs of the growing world population safely and sustainably.

On 13 October 2016, the European Union Delegation and World Food Programme hosted a business leaders networking cocktail event to establish the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network at the country level in Lao PDR. Among the attendees were Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health and Chair…

In September 2016, the Lancet provided an analysis of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 188 countries. To allow for easier comparison, an indexed score (SDG Index) was created for the 33 health-related SDG indicators based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015. Progress towards each indicator was scaled from 0 (worst observed value between 1990 and 2015) to 100 (best observed). As a result, Iceland tops the list with a score of 85. The lowest-scoring nation was the Central African Republic, at 20.

On 16 October 2016, World Food Day was celebrated around the world under the global theme “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too“. Led by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the day drew attention to one of the biggest issues related to…