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South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population – victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling – UNICEF said in a report released on 15 December 2017. Years of…

How can you tackle a problem like stunting, without knowing where it is worst and what is driving it? A lack of strong and routine data is holding back efforts to end malnutrition and stunting in Tanzania. This is true both on the nutrition-specific, and…

On December 12, 2017 the report titled “Standing Tall: Peru’s Success in the Fight against Chronic Malnutrition” was presented in Lima (Peru). This publication, prepared by the World Bank, tells how Peru has more than halved its high rates of stunting in children under 5…

The world is at an unprecedented point in the sustainable development journey. For the first time in history, the number of people living in extreme poverty, those living on less than US$1.90 per day, has fallen below 10% of the world’s population. However, two years…

Four years after the beginning of the South Sudan conflict seven million South Sudanese are in need of lifesaving assistance – deeply affected by conflict, displacement, hunger and a collapsing economy. “This year, ongoing violence against the civilian population – coupled with unmet humanitarian needs…

Malnourished children under two in rural Malawi whose mothers were trained in diet diversity, hygiene and food safety have shown significant improvements of their nutrition and health in just three weeks. A study published in the Journal of Public Health Nutrition, on January 17, 2018,…

Liberia is to shortly begin a comprehensive food security, nutrition and vulnerability assessment survey. According to health and agriculture authorities, it is proven that abnormal growth referred to as (stunt) and poverty are mainly caused by food insecurity and nutrition. Some 32 percent of children…

Given the changing circumstances in the nutrition landscape, there is a need to reassess and reiterate the role of the schools in improving health and nutritional status of children. This discussion paper shows that schools offer a unique opportunity to improve nutrition using a systemic,…

The UN Network for SUN hosted a webinar with SecureNutrition as part of an ongoing series. Speakers introduced the UN Nutrition Inventory tool to stakeholders and colleagues, and described ongoing strategies to align nutrition initiatives across UN agencies. The United Nations agencies support countries to address the multiple…

On 28 December 2017, the FAO organised an awareness raising workshop for Members of Parliament in Brazzaville. Following the workshop, the participants established a structure to draft legal texts and set up the governing bodies of a Congolese Parliamentary Alliance on food and nutritional security. In her…

UN Network for SUN (UNN) communications, materials, meetings & events Lauren Landis, WFP Director of Nutrition, accepted to serve on the SUN Movement Executive Committee. The new UN Network for SUN website is now live! The website illustrates how the (collective) UN Network is supporting…

On December 2017, the Government of Madagascar and the World Bank launched an ambitious program that will support efforts to reduce child stunting (low height for age) through a Multiphase Programmatic Approach. The Improving Nutrition Outcomes Program was approved by the World Bank. It will…

Given the importance of nutrition in the overall physical and cognitive development of children, there is a need to focus on the first 1,000 days of a child’s life to prevent the negative effects of malnutrition from becoming irreversible. This requires a multi-sector approach to…

Nepal once had the highest rate of stunting in the world. To bring those numbers down, officials first recognized that stunting is not a problem to be solved on its own. Using a combination of approaches, including specific healthcare interventions to address stunting, and by encouraging…