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From 11 to 12 December 2015, a workshop was held at the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry with over 50 participants from academia, United Nations agencies, and civil society organisation. The workshop was organised by UNICEF Guinea together with the University’s Department of Biology…

On 6 January 2016, the civil society alliance for nutrition in Guinea Conakry, Conseil National des Organisations de la Société Civile Guinéene (CNOSCG) launched an awareness raising initiative for nutrition. The mayor of the Kaloum, a District of Conakry, attended as a guest speaker. The…

From 14 to 15 March 2016, the African Union Commission, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency* and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), organised a workshop focused on strengthening capacity to mainstream nutrition in national agriculture and food security investment plans…

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On 21 December 2015, following deliberation in the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, signed a decree creating, organizing and defining the operation of the National Multisectoral Nutrition Committee…

The event held on strategies to prevent anaemia included training sessions for mothers who coordinate communal kitchens. On 30 January 2016, in the district of Villa El Salvador in Metropolitan Lima, the Peruvian Ministry of Health collaborated with the Ministry of Education through the Nutriwawa…

Mary Robinson Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality” – the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day serves as a timely reminder that, despite incremental progress of recent years and the ambition of the new global development agenda, we must redouble efforts to achieve a world underpinned by gender equality.

From 24 to 26 February, the first retreat of the SUN Movement Executive Committee was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting provided an opportunity for the committee to align their collective ambitions for the future and determine how countries can be best supported to deliver…

United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, today announced the appointment of Gerda Verburg of the Netherlands as the Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. The Coordinator will work with 56 country governments that lead the SUN movement, united with UN agencies, civil society, business…

January 2016: The UN Network/REACH Secretariat has initiated a participative process with UN colleagues for developing the UN Network and REACH 2.0 Strategy, 2016-2020. A number of actors were consulted, including colleagues from the UN agencies at the global, regional and country levels, REACH facilitators…

On 12 February 2016, the first face-to-face SUN Network Facilitators meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting focused on the development of the SUN Movement Strategy and Road Map (2016-2020) to date and to further develop the path ahead. The meeting brought together at least…

In January 2016, Issue 51 of ENN Field Exchange was launched. This special issue of Field Exchange presents a snapshot of field experiences and relevant peer-reviewed research to provide insights into the current state of knowledge and action for nutrition-sensitive programming. The edition was developed with the…

February 2016: Quarterly summary of progress and activities across the SUN Business Network. Recent events SUN Business Network Breakfast meeting at the 2016 World Economic Forum – Harnessing Business Solutions to Scale-Up Nutrition. The early morning breakfast event was held in World Food Programme tent and…

On 23 February 2016, SecureNutrition convened a panel of five World Bank social protection projects to discuss how they are incorporating social behavior change communication for nutrition into their activities. Representatives from Mexico, Mali, Niger, Tanzania, and Djibouti all spoke, then participated in an open…

On 24 February 2016, a webinar was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) titled “The Global Nutrition Targets Tracking Tool: A Hands-On Briefing for Setting Your Anaemia Target”. The webinar was a step-by-step guide on how to use the tracking tool in exploring a…

In February 2016, a new technical note was compiled by GRET* and published by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) on nutrition in health and rural development. It is the thirteenth edition of a series of technical notes developed by AFD on areas of development which…

William Chilufya In 2013, while on a radio discussion during World Breastfeeding Week, a lady called describing her experience as a mother in full time employment. She encouraged other mothers to ensure they exclusively breastfeed their children. To drive her point home, she used the phrase “limit relying on a cow to feed your children”.

In December 2015, Transform Nutrition research consortium published a discussion paper which draws on inputs to, and discussions at, a ‘Stories of Change in nutrition’ methods development workshop held in January 2015. The paper recognises that examining various methods and tools together allows for a holistic consideration of the processes…

William Chilufya If you are in advocacy work like me, then 2016 is a year in which you are most probably preoccupied with ideas of how to get your issues well addressed by political players. You could also be thinking of how to propel your matter at the top of the development agenda of political parties. You are not alone. I am particularly looking for a home for nutrition in all political parties.

​ In February 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization published detailed and thorough process reviews of two agriculture-nutrition education projects that aimed to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices using local foods – one in Malawi, and one in Cambodia. Each project delivered…