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On 22 August 2016, UNICEF and the SUN Movement kicked off a three-day workshop titled “Public Financing and Managing Results for Better Nutrition in SUN African Countries,” which brought together participants from 35 SUN Countries across the continent. Despite some progress, nearly 55 million children under five years of age are stunted in the region. The event in Nairobi set a course for mobilising domestic and donor financial resources to tackle malnutrition and pave the way for more integrated, multi-sectorial investments. Scientific and economic evidence indicates that good nutrition represents a critical foundation for equitable development and growth in Africa.

On 4 August 2016, Sierra Leone Nutrition for Growth Commitment Summary on behalf of the Scaling Up Nutrition and Immunization Civil Society Platform (SUNI-CSP), FOCUS 1000 and Action Contre la Faim (ACF) led a one day workshop on tracking Sierra Leone’s commitments and investments in nutrition. The event was held in recognition of a meeting being held on the same day in Brazil, as a follow up to the 2013 Nutrition for Growth summit.

In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week 2016, various activities and events were carried out in Laos to highlight the importance of adequate nutrition for women and children, especially breastfeeding, with the public and government audiences. In Lao PDR, only 40 percent of babies receive this important…

On the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week 2016, Niger acting Minister of Health, Mr Magagi Laouan (who is also the current Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management) delivered a strong statement of support for the Week which stressed the many benefits and steps needed…

On 1 August 2016, as part of World Breastfeeding Week, the Health and Family Planning Minister of Bangladesh, Mr Mohammad Nasim, has shown his support by stressing the importance of breastfeeding at the inaugural ceremony for World Breastfeeding Week held in Dhaka. “There is no alternative…

On 5 August 2016, a provincial consultation on the implementation of the Punjab multi-sectoral nutrition strategy was held. Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance Pakistan (SUNCSA,Pak) organised the event in collaboration with the Provincial SUN Unit and Micronutrient Initiative Pakistan. Despite its significant contribution to Pakistan’s…

Ambarka is the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) knowledge management specialist in West and Central Africa. He is based in Dakar, Senegal. He has years of experience with roles in governmental and civil society authorities in Niger. According to International Land Coalition, advocacy is “the strategic…

The nutrition Champions play a dominant role in Scaling Up Nutrition in the SUN countries. This was one of the points arising from the twenty-third round of SUN country teleconferences. This round, which brought together all of the SUN countries in groups of four to five countries f

On 2 August 2016, the new report titled, “The Cost of Hunger in Africa: the Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition on Ghana’s Long-Term Development (COHA)“ was launched in Ghana under the auspices of the National Development Planning Commission. According to the report, the economy of Ghana…

On 12 August 2016, International Youth Day was commemorated around the world under the theme, “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production”. The theme brought attention to the leading role of young people in ensuring poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development…

On 27 July 2016, government and development partners held the first national nutrition forum in Tajikistan titled, “Nutrition is key for Sustainable Development“. The two day event saw a renewal of commitments to eradicate malnutrition among children in Tajikistan through a multi-sectoral approach. The event brough…

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On 4 August 2016, on the eve of the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony, Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO; José Graziano da Silva, Director General of FAO; Brazilian Health Minister Ricardo Barros and renowned athletes including Kenyan track star Tegla Loroupe gathered at the Nutrition for…

On 19 July 2016, the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) nutrition side-event, ‘Leaving no one behind in the fight against malnutrition in all its forms’, was hosted at the UN Headquarters in New York and marked the launch of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition…

On 26 July 2016, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition launched its third technical brief, “The Cost of Malnutrition: Why Policy Action is Urgent”. The brief calls on policymakers to invest without delay in more cost-effective nutrition initiatives. The enormous cost of…

On 4 August 2016, WaterAid and SHARE launched the report ‘The missing ingredients’ to highlight the degree to which national nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) plans and policies are coordinated and integrated to end malnutrition. Evidence shows that scaling up interventions that tackle the immediate causes…

From 11 to 20 July 2016, the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) was held at UN Headquarters to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme was “Ensuring that no one is left behind”. HLPF in 2016 was the first since the adoption…

On 28 July 2016, SPRING and USAID held a global dissemination event, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., to share the results of SPRING’s Pathways to Better Nutrition (PBN) Case Studies. The event brought together program planners, implementers, and researchers to debate on multi-sectoral nutrition…

On 21 July 2016, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, wife of the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria launched the “GET INVOLVED” programme to help end preventable maternal, new born and child deaths. The programme is part of the Future Assured project designed to provide solutions to problems of malnutrition…