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From 18 to 20 July 2016, the NEPAD Agency, Southern African Development Community (SADC) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) co-organised, in Johannesburg, South Africa, a three-day workshop on Boosting Food and Nutrition Security Knowledge Sharing in SADC. The aim of the workshop was for food and…

On 20 July 2016, the Global Nutrition Report (GNR) was launched by the Vice President of Tanzania Mama Samia Suluhu in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The launch event was organized by the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA). The Government of Tanzania pledged to dramatically increase…

From 1st to 7th August every year, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) coordinates World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. WBW is celebrated in over 176 countries. Breastfeeding is a critical first step on…

On 20 June 2016, the fifth Scaling Up Nutrition: In Practice brief “From Science to Action: Academia and Decision-Makers Unite in SUN Countries” was launched at the first Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Since the start of the SUN Movement, it has…

On 29 June 2016, the book Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition was launched in Washington DC by Transform Nutrition, a consortium led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Nourishing Millions brings together the most intriguing stories about improving nutrition from the past five…

On 12 May 2016, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan of Uttar Pradesh State in India, signed a letter of commitment officially joining the SUN Movement. Uttar Pradesh joins 57 countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Indian State of Maharashtra, currently driving the SUN Movement….

On 14 June 2016, the independent and comprehensive annual review of the state of the world’s nutrition, the Global Nutrition Report, was launched simultaneously in multiple locations around the world. The Global Nutrition Report is a multipartner initiative that holds a mirror up to the successes…

Read the 2016 Mid-year letter for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL

Read the June 2016 Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL

On 11 May 2016, the national Multisector Nutrition Plan (2016-2020) was adopted in Côte d’Ivoire at an event chaired by President Alassane Ouattara. The President noted that the plan will allow a stronger population with optimal nutrition by 2020 who will help drive sustainable growth…

By Denis Kovalenko, Corporate Grant Manager, Save the Children It’s five in the afternoon in Lilongwe and my colleagues are setting off from Save the Children’s office after a busy day… June is winter here in Malawi and it gets dark early; the last rays of…

19 May 2016 | By Denis Kovalenko, Corporate Grant Manager, and Sylvia Szabo, Nutrition Policy and Advocacy Adviser. Poor infrastructure and lack of employment opportunities contribute to high malnutrition rates in Niger. The latest Human Development Report ranks Niger bottom out of 188 countries on the…

Titus Mung’ou reflects on the 23rd Series of SUN Country Network Meetings where over 300 participants from 49 SUN Countries joined to share and learn from one another on sustaining political commitment to nutrition. About the author: Titus Mung’ou is the ENN Knowledge Management Specialist…

From 7 to 8 July 2016, SUN Government Focal Point, HE. Jean -Baptiste Ondaye, Secretary General of the Presidency, held a workshop in Brazzaville to identify and discuss budget allocations which contribute to the improvement of nutrition. Representatives from over twenty ministries were joined by…

In June 2016, an 11 member Ghanaian team was hosted by the Government of Japan to learn about how Japan is mainstreaming nutrition as a development agenda. The programme was sponsored by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and resulted in an action plan to be…

From 6 to 10 June 2016, Mozambique’s National Food Security and Nutrition Secretariat (SETSAN), which is tasked with coordinating nutrition action in the country, hosted a five-day, multi-country, interactive training on the Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) in Maputo.

UN Network colleagues from country, regional and global levels coalesced during a series of ten conference calls that took place on 27-29th June, engaging 46 countries. With representation from six UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO), REACH facilitators and members of the…

Dr. Neelofur Malik is a private practitioner working in Pakistan and an advocate for hygiene and nutrition for healthy families. After facing her own challenges in life, she recognises how the confidence and self-esteem acquired in completing her studies has helped pull her through the challenges.

On 29 June 2016, the book Nourishing Millions: Stories of Change in Nutrition was launched in Washington DC by Transform Nutrition, a consortium led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Nourishing Millions brings together the most intriguing stories about improving nutrition from the past five…