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In July 2017, people across the Philippines celebrated a National Nutrition Month with various activities across the country. Every year, a theme is chosen to highlight an important and timely concern on nutrition, as approved by the National Nutrition Council Technical Committee. For 2017, the focus of Nutrition Month was on the promotion of healthy diets under the theme, “Healthy diet, gawing habit – FOR LIFE!” to increase awareness of healthy diets which protect against both under and over nutrition and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases and certain types of cancer.

On June 28th, the Society for Implementation Science in Nutrition (SISN) hosted its first webinar entitled “An Integrative Framework for Implementation Science in Nutrition”. The webinar was targeted at researchers, policy-makers, front-line implementers, nutrition students and others working in global nutrition, and aimed to promote a common understanding of some core concepts in implementation science (IS) and implementation research (IR).

It’s been one year since the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted Resolution 69.9—a call for countries to implement the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children to further protect breastfeeding, prevent obesity and chronic disease, and promote a healthy diet. Together with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code), the guidance safeguards families and caregivers against misleading information that undermines optimal infant and young child feeding practices.

From 10-19 July, the 2017 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place in New York under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. Under the theme “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world“, the Forum encompassed in depth reviews of…

This blog by Stuart Gillespie was originally featured on the Transform Nutrition website and reflects on the special edition of the Global Food Security Journal on Stories of Change. What knowledge is needed to ride a bike? Is it enough to have a manual? Of course not……

In June 2017, the Elsevier Journal Global Food Security published for the first time, a special edition dedicated to the experiential learnings of Stories of Change in Nutrition. This edition builds on the book “Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change”, launched in 2016 as part of the Stories of Change (SoC) initiative.

Launched in July 2018, Nutrition Exchange Issue 8 features articles on community kitchens and school feeding programmes in Lebanon; Ecuador’s policies to tackle overweight and obesity; efforts in Pakistan to ‘fill the nutrient gap’; initiatives to make agriculture ‘nutrition-sensitive’ in Ethiopia and Zambia; and many other ‘good reads’.

From 1-7 August 2017, the annual World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) will be celebrated across the globe. Coordinated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), WBW thrusts the need to protect, promote and support breastfeeding, into the spotlight.

On 26 July 2017, an event examining SUN Movement progress and partnerships was held at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. The event included a panel of experts working in or with SUN Countries and concluded with questions and answers from the audience.

On 24 July 2017, UN chiefs met with Yemen Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher during a visit to Yemen and witnessed the scale of the humanitarian crisis in the country. They committed to step up combined efforts of their agencies to help the people of Yemen

On 25 July 2017, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched a new Country Strategic Plan in Tanzania. The plan aligns with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has a specific focus on two of the Sustainable Development Goals – SDG2 and SDG17.

In July 2017, a 2-day dialogue in Sierra Leone brought together parliamentarians and supporters to promote, protect and support breastfeeding. At the workshop at Tokeh beach, the group of officials of the Parliamentary Health and Legislative Committees, Directorate of Food & Nutrition, the Ministry of Health & Sanitation, the SUN Secretariat, Action Against Hunger, UNICEF and partners reviewed the situation of nutrition among children in Sierra Leone and revisited the draft Code on Breastmilk substitutes.

On 24 July 2017, the government of Sudan signed a four-year $72 million agricultural programme with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The goals of the 2017-2020 Country Programming Framework (CPF) to be achieved after three years include..

On 23 July 2017, senior United Nations officials met with Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh to discuss cooperation of the UN agencies in the country. UN chiefs Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF, committed to supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on malnutrition.

During a workshop in July 2017, UNICEF announced recent results stating that Ethiopia has reduced the rate of child malnutrition for children aged 6 to 23 months by 20 percent in sixteen years. The results, dropping from 58 percent in 2000 to 38 percent in 2016, represent significant progress in the fight against malnutrition for the nation.

In July 2017, the World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed US$4.5 million of funding from the European Commission to increase the quality and availability of nutritious food in Niger.

On 30 June 2017, the European Commission – Development & Cooperation, held a conference in Brussels on the European Union (EU) commitment to the SUN Movement and it’s country-led approach to ending malnutrition in all its forms.