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On 6 August 2015, as part of World Breastfeeding Week, the Untied Nations Foundation hosted a webinar in collaboration with experts from the private sector and the global development community, focused on Supporting Innovations that Enable Working Women to Breastfeed. Speakers from Royal Philips, MDG Health Alliance,…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week celebrations in Peru included the Ministry of Health approval and adoption of the “Guide to Breastfeeding Counselling”, a review of progress made in laws and regulations and a breastfeeding competition in a hospital in Lima….

From 1 – 7 August 2015, as part of the World Breastfeeding Week, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a member of the SUN Business Network, held a live Twitter Question and Answer (Q&A) session with Devex to “discuss, debate and debunk myths” surrounding…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Indonesia and saw the launch of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) campaign entitled “Breastmilk is enough”. The campaign aims to raise awareness about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding. GAIN are working…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Pakistan with an event organised by the Pakistan Paediatrics Association (PPA) at the Khyber Teaching Hospital. The PPA asked the government to implement more breastfeeding laws to safeguard children from malnutrition. They also expressed concerns over…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Ghana, with a media launch organised by experts from the Family Health Division of Ghana Health Service (GHS). The event promoted exclusive breastfeeding for six months for the benefit of newborns and mothers. The experts…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Bangladesh with a message from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasizing the need for breastfeeding and homemade food for infants at mothers’ workplaces. She announced that the government of Bangladesh has been ordered to introduce…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated by members of the United Nations Network for SUN. Resources and information provided by United Nations (UN) agencies were shared widely across the SUN Movement during the week. This included a message from Margaret…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Nigeria, with a ministerial launch, a trek through the capital and news segments on television. At the ministerial launch of the World Breastfeeding Week, in Abuja, Linus Awute, Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Kenya with a high level multi-stakeholder event and segments on key news channels. The multi-stakeholder event was held at Safaricom house in Nairobi, to promote breastfeeding and the campaign led by the Ministry…

From 1 – 7 August 2015, the 2015 World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Zambia with efforts including a statement from the Minister of Health and a visit to the Vice-President by the Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition. The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance…

On 7 August 2015, the Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance met with Vice-President Inonge Wina to discuss the importance of nutrition to every Zambian child. She recognised that nutrition is of great importance to the country due to the impact stunting can have…

Until 15 September 2015, Transform Nutrition, in partnership with Save the Children, are inviting nominations for Nutrition Champions in 2015. Nutrition Champions can be any individual who has had significant success in transforming thinking or action on nutrition. They are looking for individuals who are…

On 26 July 2015, Nobel Nketsiah launched his fifth album and the First 1,000 Days of the Child Campaign in Accra, Ghana. Nobel Nketsiah is the National Ambassador for the Ghana Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Scaling up Nutrition (GHACCSSUN) and his support included…

On 3 July 2015, Save the Children held the event “Starting from girls: they are the source to trigger a change!” at Expo Milano as part of the WE-Women for Expo program. The event highlighted the key role of adolescent girls in low and middle…

William Chilufya AS DISCUSSIONS on the post-2015 development process gather momentum, it is important to remember that nutrition must be understood as both an input to, and an outcome of, the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Cecile Teteli On March 25 2015 – Catholic Relief Services-Rwanda (CRS-Rwanda), together with partners, facilitated the establishment of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) in Rwanda. Fifty-nine civil society organizations (CSOs) working in nutrition participated as founding members of the Alliance, supported by stakeholder representatives from the government, academia, donor organizations, and the private sector.

Titus Mung’ou The role of civil societies in scaling up nutrition in Kenya is taking a new shape that promises to reverse the malnutrition trends across the country. Since signing up to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in 2012, Kenya has established five SUN networks, namely Government, United Nations, Donor, Business and Civil Society.

Titus Mung’ou The face of nutrition advocacy in Kenya has taken a new turn in the recent months, thanks to sustained efforts by the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) to build capacity of media practitioners to report nutrition stories. The establishment of a network for journalists reporting nutrition stories and increased media coverage of nutrition programmes, are just but a few achievements realised since June 2015.

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