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From 19-30 October 2015, researchers from five institutions gathered for the second phase of a project to improve life-saving nutrition interventions and education at the local level in Tanzania. The first phase of the partnership, held in 2014, assessed the nutrition knowledge held by community…

On 27 October 2015, the Kenyan Ministry of Health, with support from partners, held a launch event in Nairobi to open Kenya’s 7th National Nutrition Week. The 2015 theme for the week was “THE RIGHT TO GOOD NUTRITION: What are your rights?” At the event,…

On 20 October 2015, the tenth edition of the Global Hunger Index report was launched at an event held at the Permanent Mission of Ireland in New York. The report presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional and global hunger. It shows that the world has…

On 7 October 2015, an information fair about combating child malnutrition was held in Yungay Province in Peru to support their Nutriwawa program. The event was organised by the Ministry of health and the Health South Pacific Network. Demonstrations held aimed to raise awareness of good dietary…

On 14 October 2015, the Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance spoke before the Expanded Committee on Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures at parliament to share an analysis of the 2015 national budget from a nutrition perspective. The Alliance Country Coordinator William Chilufya shared…

On 20 October 2015, over one-hundred United Nations colleagues (including from UNICEF, FAO, WHO, IFAD, WFP, IAEA and REACH, UNSCN, GNC among others) from 48 countries gathered for a UN Network for SUN meeting as part of the SUN Movement Global Gathering in Milan. The SUN…

In September 2015, an analysis paper was released on Nutrition and health in women, children, and adolescent girls. It calls on urgent action to tackle malnutrition in all forms to help nutrition unlock the potential of investment in the health of women, children and adolescents….

From 11-12 November 2015, the German WASH-Network, an alliance of 19 German non-governmental organisations, is holding an international conference on the nexus between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and nutrition security in the city of Bonn, Germany. The aim of the forum is to bring together relevant experts from…

On 20 October 2015, the SUN Movement Annual Progress was launched during the opening ceremony of the 2015 SUN Movement Global Gathering in Milan, Italy. The report provides a detailed snapshot of the progress and results towards scaling up nutrition in SUN Countries and the broad…

From 28 to 29 September 2015, the Parliament of Namibia hosted a regional seminar on Promoting child nutrition in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The event was organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UNICEF in Windhoek, Namibia, to enhance the understanding of parliamentarians and parliamentary…

The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon will appoint a new Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Location: Geneva Closing Date: 16 November 2015 UPDATE: The closing date for applications has been extended until 20 November 2015 The SUN Movement, established in 2010, promotes…

In October 2015, the Inception Report of the Evaluation of the SUN Movement Multi Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) was made available. It presents the methodology of the evaluation, the workplan, the evaluation questions, the stakeholder mapping and the in-depth case studies. Guatemala, Laos, Mali and…

Read the September 2015 Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL

On 22 September 2015, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group released updated estimates on child malnutrition, including stunting, wasting and excessive weight. These figures update the child malnutrition numbers in recently released 2015 Global Nutrition Report. These new estimates include data from…

On the 22 September 2015, the SUN Movement Lead Group met for its 8th meeting in New York, during a week when the world’s attention was focused on setting out a sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. Equitable and sustainable social and economic…

From 25 – 27 September 2015, Heads of State and Government and High Representatives met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and launched a set of 17 ambitious goals to achieve over the next 15 years. The plan is titled “The 2030 Agenda” and…

Read the August 2015 Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL

From 15 to 19 September 2015, the 45th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of Nutrition Society of Nigeria took place in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was titled ‘Nutrition Outlook-Beyond 2015 MDGs,’ and brought the nutrition community together to brainstorm on exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding practices…

In mid-2015, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) released new E-Learning modules to assist professionals who are involved in designing and implementing nutrition-sensitive programmes, investments and policies. The modules can be found on the FAO E-Learning center and are designed for individuals who work in a variety…

In September 2015, on the occasion of the 70th United Nations General Assembly, the International Coalition of Advocacy on Nutrition (ICAN) launched a Call to Action on Malnutrition. The Call to Action encourages global leaders to make new investments in nutrition at the 2016 Nutrition for Growth…