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On 4th June 2015, the International Agricultural Forum was held at EXPO Milano. It brought together over 350 participants, including 50 agriculture ministers, and focused on how to improve food security, nutrition and food systems. The meeting was organised by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture…

On 10th June 2015, the Republic of Guinea-Bissau signed a US$4.7 million loan and US$4.7 million grant agreement to finance the Economic Development Project for the Southern Regions (PADES) with the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD). PADES aims to boost agricultural…

On 25th May 2015, the Congo-Brazzaville multi-stakeholder platform was brought together by the Secretary General of the Presidency of Congo Brazzaville, Jean Baptist Ondaye, who is also the SUN Government Focal Point. Representatives from multiple sectors included parliamentarians, advisors to the President, heads of departments, officials from line…

On 1st June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat chaired the monthly conference call of the SUN Network Facilitators. This meeting provided the facilitators an update on progress towards the development of the SUN Movement Strategy 2016 – 2020. It was noted that a Transitional Stewardship Team (TST) had been put…

East African government representatives, donor community, private sector, researchers, the United Nations and civil society organisations signatories to Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which implements nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions and strategies to address malnutrition, gathered in Dar es Salaam last week to launch the Global Nutrition Report for East Africa.

On 12th June 2015, the SUN Movement Common Results Framework Planning Tool (CRF Tool) was launched. The CRF Tool allows anyone interested, to explore plans and better understand the range of outcomes and actions included in national plans for nutrition. The CRF tool supports the…

Until 2nd July 2015, the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN forum) has opened an online discussion about What are Latin American countries doing to tackle the double burden of malnutrition effectively?. This online discussion was organised in collaboration with the Red de Información y Educación Alimentaria y Nutricional…

On 9th June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat in Sierra Leone engaged with media to present a comprehensive plan of how it intends to tackle malnutrition in the country. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of State in the Office of the Vice President, Harrett…

In September 2015, an evaluation of the SUN Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) will begin. The SUN Movement MPTF was set up in 2012 to be used for catalytic actions to enable, initiate or develop SUN Movement activity at country or regional level, and provide…

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On 4th June 2015, representatives from government, United Nations and donor organisations, joined civil society in Sierra Leone for a roundtable discussion about the progress made towards scaling up nutrition. The event was organised by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) International, the Scale-Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, in collaboration…

On 31st May 2015, the Bangladesh Civil Society Alliance for Scaling Up Nutrition organised a roundtable with members of Parliament (MPs) and stressed the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to nutrition. There was strong media presence and the event was broadcast live on televison. During…

On 7th June 2015, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) awarded countries for achieving Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG1), also known as the hunger target, and honored those who had met the more stringent World Food Summit (WFS) goal of 1996. “If we all…

On 3rd June 2015, during the European Development Days Melinda Gates made the announcement that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will more than double its investments in nutrition to $776 million over the next six years as part of a new commitment to nutrition. “Malnutrition…

From the 25th – 29th May 2015, the Federation of African Nutrition Sciences (FANUS) held the third FANUS Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. The conference was focused on whether Africa has achieved the Millenium Development Goals and to set goals for the future. The Tanzania Food…

From the 18th to 16th May 2015, the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event brought together World Health Organization (WHO) Member States and saw key milestones for nutrition towards achieving the WHA 2025 Global Targets. These include the approval…

On 29th May 2015, the 2014 annual report of the SUN Movement Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) was released and covers the reporting period 1 January to 31 December 2014. It was written by the SUN Movement Secretariat with contribution from the UNDP MPTF Office serving…

Interview with Christine Muyama, Uganda Civil Society Coalition on Scaling up Nutrition (UCCO-SUN). This interview is extracted from SCN News 41 – launched in May 2015. SCN News is a periodic review of developments in international nutrition to help the sharing of experience in nutrition.

Key events in 2014 provided a critical impetus for the global fight against malnutrition in all its forms and for nutrition justice. Malnutrition being a result of the failure to realize people’s basic human rights, addressing it is indeed a matter of justice. The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement’s Global Gathering in November 2014 highlighted the need for continuous collaboration of all stakeholders in strengthening nutrition actions in countries.

On 29th May 2015, the Western Area Civil Society Platform on Health and Nutrition Sierra Leone (HaNSL) held a stakeholders meeting to discuss the importance of immunization and nutrition. The event was organisased with the support of Focus 1000 in Freetown, to bring all stakeholders…