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On 16th March 2016, the Uganda Civil Society Coalition on Scaling up Nutrition (UCCOSUN) engaged civil society groups to contribute to the new draft National Nutrition Policy at Hotel Africana, Kampala-Uganda. The new policy is being developed to replace the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan 2011-2016. Among…

Madhu Kumar Marasini, Joint Secretary of the National Planning Commission Secretariat, became the SUN Government Focal Point in Nepal in February 2016. As a Joint Secretary, Mr Marasini currently heads the Social Development Division at the National Planning Commission Secretariat (NPCS) and is leading the…

Throughout February and March, the Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition, Nepal (CSANN) was active in organising events around the country. Two major events include an interactive panel with parliamentarians for a political manifesto and another discussion on achievements to date of the National Multi-sector Nutrition…

On 20 March 2016, Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition, Nepal (CSANN) organized an interaction meeting with parliamentarians to address nutrition issues with priority. In total, 40 parliamentarians attended the event where the CSANN Chair presented the importance of nutrition and focused on the nutrition issues addressed in…

On 15 March 2016, Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition, Nepal (CSANN) held an event in Lalitpur to facilitate an interactive discussion about achievements made to date towards the National Multi-sector Nutrition Plan (2013-2017) and to pave a way forward. Over 150 people from multiple stakeholder…

On 17 April 2016, the first ever framework to invest in nutrition was launched by the World Bank, Results for Development Institute, and 1,000 Days in Washington D.C. The event represents the start to a broader dissemination of the nutrition investment framework which identifies that…

A lead-in sentence is needed: Public Expenditure Review in Tanzania The Government of Tanzania conducted a Public Expenditure Review (PER) of Nutrition during 2013 to assess the extent of fiscal discipline, allocative efficiency and operational efficiency in the nutrition sector. The following nutrition interventions areas…

What is on-budget funding? On-budget funding sources are defined as those occurring through the official government budget management system. In Nepal, there is an additional delineation between “on-budget, on-treasury” and “on-budget, off-treasury”, meaning that funds are reported through the national budget, but are distributed outside…

In Guatemala, government nutrition interventions form part of a wider approach to achieving food and nutrition security that has been promoted since 2005. The current Zero Hunger Plan (PH0) 2012–16 considers the reduction of chronic malnutrition as a primary objective but also addresses acute malnutrition…

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

On 7 April 2016, organisations and individuals around the world celebrated World Health Day, calling for global action to halt the rise in and improve care for people with diabetes. The World Health Organization (WHO) marked the day with the launch of its first “Global Report…

In January 2016, the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance in Nepal (CSANN) released a video documentary to advocate for continued efforts in the fight against malnutrition in Nepal. The film features interviews with various government officials who share that nutrition is being prioritised in…

On 1 April 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution “Decade of Action on Nutrition”, described as a a leap forward in galvanising international action on nutrition. The resolution invites governments to actively support its implementation, including the setting of national nutrition targets for 2025…

About the author: Dr. Claire Blanchard, Civil Society Network Coordinator writes about her recent mission to Guatemala . Guatemala has 46.5% of chronic malnutrition of children under 5 (ENSMI 2013/2014) in the Central American region in spite of high level political commitment. This is the highest in the region and one of the highest burden in the world.

Dr. Claire Blanchard, Civil Society Network Coordinator, reflects on her mission to El Salvador, 2016 Returning from my field visit to NUTRES (Alianza de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil por la Soberanía y Seguridad Alimentaria Nutricional), the SUN CSA in El Salvador hosted by CALMA (Centro de Apoyo de Lactencia Materna) – a local CSO working on breastfeeding, I wanted to share my invaluable experience of an engaged, dedicated and committed alliance of 7 grassroots organisations.

Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) Tsehaynesh Semu, (a mother of 5 children) and Adame Zerihun (a mother of 2) are community-level volunteers, who lead networks of the government-named “Women’s Development Army” at Fezel kebele, Bure woreda of West Gojam zone.

Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition With support from Deutche Stiftung weltbevoerkerung (DSW), Qerere 1st Cycle and Junior school established a health and nutrition club and carries out different nutrition related activities.

Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) Ethiopia’s 2013-2015 National Nutrition Program (NNP) calls for a multi-sectoral approach to address malnutrition in the country. This approach was expected to be cascaded to even small localities and implemented at scale.

Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition (ECSC-SUN) Bayush Beyen lives in Qerer kebele, a rural kebele in Machakel woreda of the Amhara Regional State. She has seven children with the last one only three months old. She remembers that during her previous pregnancies, she used to eat little food to avoid having a big baby in her womb and facing difficulty at birth.