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For the first time the SUN Movement Global Gathering (SUNGG17) took place in a SUN Country, Côte d’Ivoire, and for the first time in Africa. Over the course of three days, more than 1000 participants from 70 countries, reviewed progress in tackling malnutrition and shared innovations and good practices. The Gathering convened all SUN Government Focal Points and representatives from civil society, donor agencies, United Nations agencies, private sector companies, academia, media, parliamentarians and high-profile global leaders.

On 13th November 2017, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Declaration on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition was adopted by the leaders of the ASEAN member states during the 31st ASEAN Summit. The Declaration embodies the highest level of political commitment toward a…

Blog by Lawrence Haddad, GAIN’s Executive Director and Member of the SUN Movement Executive Committee Read the original article published on the GAIN Website: www.gainhealth.org/knowledge-centre/scaling-nutrition-sun-2017-global-gathering-inspiration-connection-progress-love I just returned from the 2017 SUN Global Gathering (GG) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. This three day meeting brought together teams from all of…

For the first time, the SUN Movement hosted their Global Gathering in Africa. Abidjan welcomed more than 900 participants from 60 countries, spanning government, academia, civil society, the United Nations and the business community over three days (7-9 November).

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) series of reports tracks the state of hunger – worldwide and country by country – and spotlights those regions and countries where action to address hunger is most urgently needed. This year’s report shows that the world has made progress…

On October 13, 2017, the World Bank Human Capital Summit, a flagship event of the World Bank Annual Meetings, took place in Washington D.C. (USA). While the event was focused on the broader theme of investing in people to build productive and stable economies, attention was…

On 16 October 2017, in the margins of the celebrations of World Food Day, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) national director, Karin Manente, claimed that Mozambique had met the first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was to cut by half the number of people suffering from hunger between 1990 and 2015.

On 10 October 2017, in the margins of the CFs44, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) presented “The Nutrition Advantage – Harnessing the Nutrition Co-Benefits of Climate Resilient Agriculture“, a study of IFAD’s experience in improving nutrition in climate-sensitive agricultural investments, shows that climate…