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Mozambique loses more than 10.9 per cent of its annual GDP due to chronic malnutrition, equivalent to a yearly loss of 62 billion MZN (1.6 billion USD), according to a recent study “The Cost of Hunger in Africa” (2017). To help overcome this reality, the…

The Civil Society Organization Nutrition Alliance (CSONA) says there is need to advocate for behavior change in districts which are regarded as food baskets in Malawi but are still recording high numbers of malnutrition cases. In the Malawi Demographic Household Survey of 2016, Malawi has…

A blog by Prof. Dr. Geeta Bhakta Joshi* — SUN Movement Nutrition Champion 2017 What first inspired you to champion nutrition and where do you continue to draw your inspiration from? Even though Nepal has made significant progress in reducing stunting in children under 5 years, from…

Each SUN Movement Nutrition Champion contributes to an increasingly global group of nutrition champions who are galvanizing political attention toward improving nutrition. As champions from all different levels, their advocacy not only benefits their own nations, but their efforts have inspired other countries that are part of the Movement.

Undernutrition costs nearly 10 percent of GDP each year in Chad, according to the country’s Cost of Hunger Study (2015-2016). It can also lead to irreversible cognitive damage and contribute to both child morbidity and mortality. The levels of undernutrition levels are persistently high in…

ENN has published a series of case studies on multi-sector nutrition programming at the sub-national level as part of our Knowledge Management (KM) work under the DFID funded TAN Programme (supporting learning within the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement).

In Tajikistan, more than 20 percent of children under the age of five are stunted. Stunting and undernutrition in childhood are usually the result of several contributing factors related to environment, food, hygiene, and health. Risks related to malnutrition are most concentrated in rural areas of Tajikistan, underscoring the large disparity between rural and urban areas.

“Colorful dishes, convincing hygiene practices, diverse kitchen gardens and an innovative nutrition hotline – the Malawi country package carries out activities in close consultation with partner organizations and government representatives. But how are they perceived by the population? Mothers from the districts of Dedza and…

Every third person in the world is malnourished. Alarmingly, around eight out of ten malnourished children reside in middle-income countries (MICs) with lower middle-income countries (LMICs) shouldering the biggest share of this burden. This ‘silent emergency’ is dictating the survival and potential of these populations,…

Viet Nam champions the SUN Movement and leads the way for other SUN Countries English | Français | Español

On 9 March 2018, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed the Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta H. Fore, as the new Chair of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group in recognition of her strong commitment to improving human development globally and experience bringing together…

More than 7 million people in South Sudan – almost two-thirds of the population – could become severely food insecure in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access, three United Nations agencies warned today. If this happens, this will be the highest ever…

Between 2007 and 2016, El Salvador recorded a fall in chronic malnutrition in girls and boys in the first grade of education in 93.4 per cent of its municipalities, according to the fourth National Height Survey and first National Weight Survey of schoolchildren, presented by…

The newly established National Early Childhood Development Programme will help fast-track implementation of anti-mulnutrition measures in the country, the Prime Minister has said. Edouard Ngirente gave the reassurance in the Senate where he laid out strategies to eradicate malnutrition, especially among children under five years in Rwanda.

On 19 February 2018, the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia held a high level roundtable meeting supporting the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. The meeting was graced by a number of ministers, high level government officials, donors, UN agencies, business community and civil society members….

Celebrating our 2017 successes and Scaling Up (Nutrition) for the year ahead English | Français | Español

On 14 and 15 February 2018, the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Networks gathered at the SUN Secretariat in Geneva for their annual retreat. The two-day meeting provided an opportunity for the four networks (Business, Donor, Civil Society, UN Networks) to define, along with the SUN Secretariat, actions to improve coordination of the SUN Movement support system and tailor support to countries with different rates of Progress.

On 7 March 2018, the NEPAD Agency and its development partners at the first NEPAD Agency-Pan African Parliament high level event on Nutrition and Food Systems, made the call for more action towards addressing the scourge of hunger and all forms of malnutrition on the…

On 5 March 2018 the Trade and Markets Division of FAO issued the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. According to the report, some 37 countries are in need of external assistance for food, unchanged from three months ago.