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The policy brief, by the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), suggests ways in which governments can persuade food industry partners to provide consumers with better access to healthier diets.

Chronic hunger is increasing around the world and food crises are spreading and intensifying. A new report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), World Food Assistance: Preventing Food Crises, examines these crises, asking what causes them to break out, what determines their scale and…

The European Union (EU) and UNICEF launched a photo book entitled “Ending malnutrition in Ethiopia – A success story STORY” which illustrates Ethiopia’s success story in ending malnutrition, through the voices, stories and images of Ethiopians. The nutrition photo book launch and photo exhibition held in…

[vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text custom_options=””] For practitioners and policymakers working in nutrition, there is limited documentation available on how nutrition-sensitive and multi-sectoral programmes are being implemented and supported by existing institutional architecture – at a national and sub-national level – in high-burden countries. To fill…

The SUN Civil Society Network is calling for nominations for positions to its Steering Group – from committed professionals. The SUN Civil Society Network Steering Group is a dynamic and exciting group where its members can make a real difference for nutrition and food security,…

On 1 May 2018, the SUN Movement Pooled Fund Grant Programme has released its Call for Proposals (CFP). The tender period will close on 11 June 2018. Interested applicants may access and download the grant guidelines and application at the United Nations Global Marketplace. Eligible…

The scale of the challenge in tackling child malnutrition is undeniable. Millions of children are malnourished because of who they are and where they live, and progress remains far too slow – the world is not spending anywhere near enough to deliver the change that we need. In April 2018, Save the Children released two reports, Nutrition Boost and The Global Financing Facility highlighting the importance of scaling up nutrition and the push to create and enshrine national nutrition plans for all high-burden countries.

Between 15 April and 31 May, the 60 Countries and three Indian States that drive the SUN Movement are undertaking the 2018 SUN Joint-Assessment (JAA). It is the fifth year that SUN Countries have been invited to undertake the multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral process that allows for…

The year 2017 was marked by increasing uncertainty amid mixed signs of progress. The world enjoyed a strong economic recovery, but global hunger increased as conflicts, famine, and refugee crises persisted. The global landscape continued to change, as antiglobalization sentiment threatened international trade and investment…

WHO and UNICEF issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually.

On 5 March 2018, the Secretary of Food and Nutrition Security of the Government of Guatemala, Juan Carlos Carías and the Technical Under-Secretary, Maira Ruano, met with Maritza de Oliva of the World Food Programme (WFP), María Claudia Santizo of the United Nations Children’s Fund…

The 33 member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Latin America and the Caribbean called on FAO to make greater efforts to address malnutrition and climate change. For the first time, every one of these countries attended the…

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…