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On 29 April 2016, Nigeria’s Zero Hunger imitative was launched at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria. This inaugural event saw the organisation of working committees, and begun the development of a roadmap towards making sure that Nigeria attains the Global Goal…

On 29 April 2016, Sierra Leone’s Vice President, Ambassador Dr Victor Bockarie Foh officially launched the National Health and Nutrition Fair with the theme “Gud it en welbodi pas gentri” meaning health is wealth. The Vice President is also the chair of the Chairman of…

Touba, Senegal’s second most densely populated city, offers a compelling illustration of the way that the country is scaling up nutrition through the empowerment of women.

In Tajikistan, agriculture accounts for 75 percent of total employment and 23 percent of gross domestic product. However, as a result of Tajikistan’s mountainous topography, water shortages, and poor irrigation system, only seven percent of Tajikistan’s land surface is arable.

Malnutrition in all its forms presents the greatest threat to human development, with far-reaching consequences. Currently one in every three children under the age of five years suffers from malnutrition in Zimbabwe.

[vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text custom_options=””] Ms. Aminata Shamit Koroma Director of Food & Nutrition, National SUN Technical Focal Point, Ministry of Health & Sanitation – Sierra Leone[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_separator type=”transparent”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text custom_options=””] Laying strong foundations – Coordinating actors and establishing…

H.E. President Peter Mutharika is leading the path towards women’s empowerment in Malawi. As a champion of the UN Women “He for She” campaign, he is committed to ensuring that women and girls’ empowerment issues are prioritised in the country’s development agenda.

On 12 April 2016, the Independent state of Papua New Guinea officially joined the SUN Movement with a joint letter of commitment from Secretary Pascoe Kase, of the National Department of Health and, Secretary Hakua Harry, of the Department for National Planning and Monitoring. To…

In April 2016, the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) launched their new Strategic Plan for the period 2016-2020. The Strategy will serve as an important framework for UNSCN activities by incorporating it’s vision, role, objectives and comparative advantages. To achieve the ambitious goals of…

From 2 to 4 March 2016, the Uganda Civil Society Coalition on Scaling Up Nutrition (UCCO-SUN) organized a Trainer of Trainers (TOT) in an effort to build civil society capacity in Nutrition Advocacy. The TOT was held at Rider Hotel in Mukono-Uganda and aimed to train…

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…