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On 5th May 2015, the Government of Bangladesh signed a $200 million financing agreement with the World Bank for the Nuton Livelihood Improvement Project to improveme the livelihoods for five million rural poor. The project focuses on supporting and enabling access to markets through business…

On 2nd May 2015, Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina called upon agriculture scientists to intensify their research to ensure food and nutrition security for all. The Prime Minister was addressing a function at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University in Gazipur which marked the university’s…

On 24th April 2015, the Bangladesh 2014 Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) was launched and highlights some of the great progress made in the nutrition sector. Three of the indicators where there had been significant progress were related to nutrition. Stunting of children under-five reduced from…

On 18th May 2015, David Nabarro, Special Envoy on Ebola and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition, was honored with the 2015 Helen Keller Humanitarian Award at The Spirit of Helen Keller Gala. The award was in recognition of his efforts…

The Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) is calling for content for their 51st Issue of Field Exchange. This edition will be published December 2015 and focus specifically on nutrition sensitive programming and related policy and research. The purpose of this issue if to bring together lessons learned and…

Chad held its first national forum on nutrition and food in N’Djamena from 28 to 30 April 2015, under the aegis of the president and in the presence of the Prime Minister. Its goals were to report on the nutritional situation in Chad and its…

On 5th May 2015, the Civil Society in Malawi (CSONA) brought high level policy makers and supporters together to rally for increased attention to nutrition. The day of action was sponsored by Concern worldwide, World Vision, Plan Malawi and Progression. During the celebrations, Allan Chiyembekeza, Minister…

On 5th May 2015, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation held a 3-day Global Partners Forum in Seattle, Washington. The event brought together more than one thousand attendees and grant recipients to reflect on their collaborative efforts aimed at reducing poverty, inequity and suffering around the world….

On 12th May 2015, the Government of Cambodia, with the collaboration and support of the United Nations, launched a national Zero Hunger Challenge, a major initiative to eradicate hunger in the country by 2025. The National Zero Hunger Challenge (NZHC) was launched by H.E Dr….

In April 2015, two case-studies were released by the World Food Programme (WFP) about how they supported the Scaling-Up-Nutrition Roll-Out in Malawi and Niger. The case studies are part of a project initiated by the WFP Policy, Programme, and Innovation Division to support Regional Bureaux…

In 15th May 2015, the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) released their latest report focused on Water for Food Security and Nutrition. This is the 9th report to be released by the HLPE and is a comprehensive effort to bring together access to water,…

On 8th May 2015, the European Union (EU) hosted the conference, “Towards a Research Agenda for Global Food and Nutrition Security”. The high level event officially launched a series of discussions about the role of science, research and innovation in overcoming challenges of feeding a…

Until 14 May 2015, Dalberg Global Development Advisors are collecting feedback from stakeholders on the 2014 Global Nutrition Report. All across the SUN Movement have the opportunity to complete a 10 minute survey which seeks to understand how the report has been used, what was useful and how future reports could…

On 28th April 2015, the Global Nutrition Report was launched in Guatemala which presented a global platform for Guatemala to showcase their collective efforts towards achieving their Zero Hunger Pact which was launched by President Otto Perez Molina in 2012. At the launch organised by…

On 5th May 2015, a parliamentary engagement meeting was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, to raise awareness among parliamentarians about the country’s nutrition situation and the role parliamentarians can play in reducing hunger and undernourishment in the country. Organised by the Zimbabwe Civil Society Organisations in Scaling…

In May 2015, Tom Arnold, SUN Movement Coordinator ad interim welcomed Botswana as the 55th country to join the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. A letter of commitment was received from the Minister of Agriculture, Patrick Pule Ralotsia and shows the high level commitment of the government…

Chad held its first national forum on nutrition and food in N’Djamena from 28 to 30 April 2015, under the aegis of the president and in the presence of the Prime Minister. Its goals were to report on the nutritional situation in Chad and its…

During the 7th meeting of the SUN Movement Lead Group on Tuesday 5 May, a suite of recommendations delivered by a Visioning Sub Group (VSG) were endorsed, paving the way for the continuation of the Movement beyond 2015, with a renewed sense of ambition to…

In April 2015, the results of a National Nutrition Survey released in Tanzania show that between 2010 and 2014, chronic malnutrition – stunting, or low height for age – among children under five in the country fell from 42 per cent to 35 per cent. “These…

The draft High-Level Strategy of the SUN Movement (2016-2020) and the renewed stewardship arrangements were reviewed during the eighth meeting of the SUN Movement Lead Group on 22 September 2015. The group reaffirmed the ambition of the SUN Movement as an inclusive, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral Movement…