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On 29 May 2015, the East Africa launch of the Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was hosted in Dar es Salaam by the SUN Civil Society Networks of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Burundi, and Rwanda, along with KANCO and ACTION. They brought people together from six…

On 26th May 2015, the symposium “National Challenge to Reduce Chronic Malnutrition, 10 years of Sustainability of Food and Nutrition Security” was held in Guatemala. The event was coordinated by the Secretariat of Food and Nutrition Security (SESAN) with support from multiple donors, UN agencies…

On 7th May 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat organised the monthly conference call of the SUN Network Facilitators. This meeting provided the facilitators updates on four key areas The Budget Analysis Exercise which included four regional workshops undertaken: Bangkok: 15-16 April 2015, Entebbe: 21-22 April 2015, Abidjan: 27-28 April 2015 and Guatemala City, 28-30 April 2015. The…

On 20 May 2015, the 41st Brussels Development Briefing was held on the subject of “Improving nutrition through accountability, ownership and partnerships” to discuss the challenges of malnutrition for rural development faced by many African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The Brussels Development Briefings are regular events organized…

On 28th April 2015, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched Zimbabwe’s National Nutrition Strategy (2014 – 2018). The plan seeks to ensure nutrition security through the implementation of integrated interventions within a broad public health framework that includes health services, water and sanitation. The strategy was launched…

On 27 May 2015, the State of Food Insecurity (SOFI) in the World 2015 was released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome, Italy. According to the latest edition, the number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million – 216 million…

Until 5th June 2015, the Zero Draft of an updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health is available for comment. The Partnerships for Maternal Newborn & Child Heath (PMNCH), under the Every Woman Every Child umbrella, is coordinating global stakeholder consultations on the updated…

Until 5th June 2015, the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) has an online discussion about Innovations in agriculture to improve nutrition. This online discussion was organised in collaboration with the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme and aims to learn more about grass-root…

On 20th May 2015, the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) released its annual publication, SCN News 41. This year’s edition focuses attention on the opportunities to end malnutrition in all its forms in the post-2015 development agenda. This publication features different perspectives from stakeholders…

On 25th May 2015, Pakistan brought together their multi-stakeholder platform for the SUN Self-Assessment Exercise which garnered high level attention and commitment to tackling malnutrition. The workshop was organised by the SUN Secretariat in the Planning Commission of Pakistan and participants included representatives from line…

On 21st April 2015, a meeting was held between the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to firm up actions needed to boost food and nutrition security in SADC countries through a regional knowledge platform. Participants discussed how the regional knowledge platform will foster…

In May 2015, Save the Children released the 16th annual State of the World’s Mothers report. The report evaluates the devastating health disparities between the rich and poor living in major cities around the world and also assesses the well-being of mothers and children in 179 countries. Leading…

On 13 May 2015, and inter-provincial meeting was held in Islamabad to present the new National Vision for Coordinated Priority Actions to Address Challenges of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition in Pakistan. Minister for National Health Services, Saira Afzal Tarar, presented the vision…

On 15th May 2015, an Academia and Research Network launched to help combat the issue of malnutrition in Pakistan. The Planning Commission of Pakistan jointly organised the seminar titled ‘Establishment of SUN Academia and Research Network’ with funding and support from the Micronutrient Initiative (MI)….

In April 2015, the World Bank supported efforts in Indonesia by releasing a video that helps to explain the complex double burden of malnutrition faced by the Asian nation. The short animated video explains the impact of stunting and the impact it can have later…

On 19th May 2015, a webinar was held by Strengthening Partnerships, Results and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) on Planning and Tracking Multi-Sectoral Investments for Improved Nutrition. The webinar is part of the SPRING Better Data for Nutrition webinar series which draws on SPRING’s team of nutrition, agriculture, and…

On April 28th 2015, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a new video to showcase the valuable role that a health worker has in building stronger communities. In the video, a health worker from a small Ethiopian village shares how crucial it is to…

On March 25 2015, Catholic Relief Services-Rwanda (CRS-Rwanda), together with partners, facilitated the establishment of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) in Rwanda. Fifty-nine civil society organizations (CSOs) working in nutrition participated as founding members of the Alliance, supported by stakeholder representatives from the government, academia,…

On 13th May 2015, the launch of the Cost of Hunger in Malawi highlighted the overwhelming $600 million loss every year, as a result of child undernutrition. The study, which was commissioned by the African Union and supported by the United Nations Economic Commission for…

On 13th May 2015, William Chilufya, Coordinator of the Zambia Civil Society Alliance called for an effective nutrition funding mechanism in an interview with the Post Zambia. He said that addressing the problem of malnutrition will help to guarantee a better future for Zambia’s children….