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On 9 February 2016, the Global Nutrition Cluster released the Nutrition Cluster Advocacy Strategic Framework (2016-2020) which aims to provide high level overall strategic direction and focus for Nutrition Cluster advocacy efforts. The framework will ensure linkages across global and country levels and cluster partners and…

As of February 2016, the drought situation caused by El Niño is putting millions of children at risk from hunger, water shortages and disease, and having a devastating impact on agricultural areas and food security. Lesotho, Zimbabwe and most provinces in South Africa have declared…

On 16 February 2016, the Food, Beverage and Consumer Goods issue of the SDG Industry Matrix was released by the United Nations (UN) Global Compact. It profiles opportunities for principle based initiatives and collaborations for the industry. The SDG Industry Matrix is a joint initiative between…

Fran Roberts Occasionally, Save the Children gives me the chance to write a blog to bring nutrition policy to the fore. But what if I used that privilege to accuse Olympians and political leaders of using performance-enabling substances? Well, let’s see…

On 28 January 2016, Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung, signed a decree to mandate food fortification as a means of improving people’s vitamin and mineral intake. Decree 09/2016/ND-CP on food fortification released last week and to take effect from 15 March 2016 regulates…

On 21 January 2016, the Aliko Dangote Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation jointly announced a combined commitment of $100 million, over the next five years (2016-2020) towards ending undernutrition in Nigeria. The announcement was made at a joint press conference in Abuja,…

February, 2016: The SUN Donor Network (SDN) held a retreat in London, UK on the 14-15 December 2015. The main purpose of the retreat was the development of a draft SDN strategy for the period 2016 – 2020. Based on key strategic choices for developing…

UN Network for SUN documents, communications & materials A revised version of the UN Network for SUN/REACH 2.0 strategy, which takes into account the outcomes of the March F2F UN Network Steering Committee meeting, was circulated among the Network in March. Current plans foresee the…

On 22 January 2016, during the World Economic Forum, the 2016 Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) was launched at an event where participants discussed where progress has been made and where gaps remain since the 2013 Global Index was published. The ATNI is based on…

On 18 January 2016, a provincial level SUN Movement Secretariat was launched in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. The event was organised by the Planning and Development Board with the support of the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) and Pakistan’s national SUN Movement Secretariat. Mr. Raja Ashfaq…

From 20 – 23 January 2016, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The WEF acts as a creative force to engage world leaders in collaborative activities focused on shaping the global, regional and industry agendas. A number…

Every mother and child, no matter their location or circumstance, benefits from optimal breastfeeding practices. On 29 January 2016, The Lancet Breastfeeding Series was launched at The Kaiser Family Foundation Conference Center in Washington D.C. The Series is the first of its kind to evaluate global breastfeeding…

On 15 January 2016, the Government of Niger launched its first multi-sectoral nutrition security strategy titled “Politique national multisectorielle de sécurité nutritionnelle” (PNSN), focused on the engagement of various stakeholder groups in the fight against malnutrition. The launch concludes over six months of development, including…

February 2016 Civil society publications: Accountability think piece– A think piece on accountability within the context of the SUN Movement from a civil society perspective. The publication captures the state of the art of civil society’s efforts to push for accountability in countries’ efforts to scale…

On 13 January 2016, Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) in collaboration with the Center for Trade, Policy and Development (CTPD) made a joint submission to the Zambia Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture to reform the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). The submission called…

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On 27 December 2015, the office of the Prime Minister of Somalia convened the first multi-stakeholder meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition, hosted by the Minister for Commerce and Industries in Mogadishu. The objective of the ministerial level meeting, called by the H.E. the Prime Minister, was…