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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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World Health Organization WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. At six months, solid foods, such as mashed fruits and vegetables, should be introduced to complement breastfeeding for up to two years or more.

On 14 July 2015, $130 million in new funding was announced by the Government of Canada for the Micronutrient Initiative (MI) to reach the world’s most vulnerable women and children with critical nutrition interventions. MI recognises that malnutrition remains one of the most persistent global…

In July 2015, a new video was released through Secure Nutrition, a World Bank Knowledge Platform, to showcase nutrition budgeting work that has been taking place since 2013. The USAID funded global nutrition project, Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING), has been working with country partners…

On 22 July 2015, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition announced the appointment of Tom Arnold as a new Panel Member. Tom Arnold joins the Global Panel to replace Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) who had…

From 13th – 16th July 2015, the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Conference was the first of three crucial events this year with the potential to set the world on a path towards a prosperous and sustainable future. It’s…