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William Chilufya If you are in advocacy work like me, then 2016 is a year in which you are most probably preoccupied with ideas of how to get your issues well addressed by political players. You could also be thinking of how to propel your matter at the top of the development agenda of political parties. You are not alone. I am particularly looking for a home for nutrition in all political parties.

​ In February 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization published detailed and thorough process reviews of two agriculture-nutrition education projects that aimed to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices using local foods – one in Malawi, and one in Cambodia. Each project delivered…

From Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 February 2016, the First World Health Organization (WHO) Global Meeting of National Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Programme Directors and Managers was convened in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting provided a key opportunity for national NCD programme directors and managers to exchange local…

From February 8 to 10 2016, the first International Summit on Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event was co-hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health, and the Health Communication…

On 9 February 2016, the Government of Mozambique and the Department for International Development of the UK Government, with the support of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), launched a SUN Business Network with 19 private companies to support the country’s efforts towards Scaling…

On 21 January 2016, the SUN Business Network held a breakfast briefing titled “Harnessing Business Solutions to Scale-Up Nutrition” at the 2016 World Economic Forum with the support of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, DSM, the World Food Programme (WFP) and Unilever. The early…

In February 2016, the Water and Sanitation Program released a new technical paper on how water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and nutrition sectors can work more closely to achieve better outcomes. According to the paper, Child undernutrition and poor conditions of WASH coexist in many low- and…

Dr Claire Blanchard Civil society has a pivotal role to play in making accountability in nutrition a reality. Accountability in nutrition is about making sure investments and activities actually directly benefit those affected by malnutrition. It is about making sure that when any actor makes a commitment they deliver on it and have the interests of the communities at heart.

Marc Van Ameringen Significant progress has been made over the last decade toward improving food and nutrition security. Nonetheless, the burden of undernutrition still affects 795 million people and more than1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese.

On 26 January 2016, Senegal’s civil society alliance held an advocacy workshop to foster learning and sharing about advocacy efforts between member organisations. Seydou Ndiaye, National Coordinator of the Platform, chaired the meeting with support from Malick Ndom of OXFAM. Over thirty participants attended the workshop,…

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…