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On 16th April 2015, the Power of Nutrition was officially launched at the World Bank Head Quarters in Washington DC. Ministers of Finance together with senior leadership from the Power of Nutrition partner organizations – the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, the UK…

On 9th April 2015, a task team of the SUN Movement Lead Group met in Tanzania for a two day meeting to discuss, debate and discover potential options for the future of the SUN Movement. Hosted by the Government of Tanzania, representatives included SUN Lead Group…

On 15th and 16th April 2015, participants from eight SUN countries met in Bangkok to accelerate efforts in budget analysis for nutrition. The workshop was the first in a series of workshops that aim to help policy makers prioritise, plan and make informed decisions on resource…

In February 2015, the REACH Partnership in Bangladesh launched a new version of a film about the complex underlying causes of malnutrition. This film is the product of a project whereby community activists were trained with video skills to document their nutrition reality. The project…

On 20th January 2015, Christa Räder, the World Food Programme Representative for Bangladesh was interviewed on the national nutrition situation by renowned national broadcaster Ekkator TV on in its current affairs programme Arthosonglap. The 20 min interview by Kazi Azizul Islam provided a comprehensive analysis of…

The Alliance of Civil Society Organisations for Nutritional and Food Sovereignty and Security has actively participated in advocacy spaces to request that the Legislative Assembly reform the provisions of the criminal code relating to the market, free competition and consumer protection. This has arisen with the bean stockpiling crisis and a piece of correspondence on the issue was submitted in July 2014.

Cotonou, Benin, 29-31 October, Workshop opened by His Excellency the Minister of Development in Benin, Marcel De Souza, underlining that improving nutrition must be at the heart of progress in each country. The welcoming addresses highlighted the multidisciplinary character of nutrition and the collective responsibility of the various sectors (governmental sectors, civil society, academia, private sector and development actors).

In August and September 2015, the Abomey-Calavi Agricultural Sciences University in Cotonou, Benin will conduct three training workshops. These will be focused on nutrition in the framework of the 24th edition of the university’s international course in Human Nutrition and Food Security. The workshops will cover three…

Throughout February and March of 2015, the Scaling up Nutrition multi-stakeholder platform for nutrition in Pakistan embarked on a country budget analysis exercise. Along with 30 other countries undertaking this investigation, Pakistan aims to accelerate its tracking of nutrition-relevant budget allocations and to share and…

To be read as a bus ride, sometimes fast, sometimes slow; sometimes in shocks, sometimes smoothly, but what you read is never complete because the bus must move on.

In March 2015, the Power of Nutrition website went live and is a new innovative financing facility dedicated to unlocking up to $1 billion of new private and public financing to improve child nutrition. The Power of Nutrition is a partnership of investors and implementers committed…

In October 2014, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shared results from a data collection and analysis pilot project with the Government of Tajikistan. Given the success of the project, FAO has been requested by Tajikistan’s Agency of Statistics to provide further assistance by training…

Read the March 2015 Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRENCH | ESPAÑOL

From the 3rd to 6th March 2015, REACH staff from fifteen countries and members of the REACH Secretariat came together in Rome for their annual gathering to share experiences and refine strategic directions for the future. Updates on the REACH analytical toolkit – including the SUN…

Read the February 2015 Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement. ENGLISH | FRENCH | ESPAÑOL

The ACTION global health advocacy partnership will host a public speaking and media skills training for nutrition advocates working in countries with high burdens of malnutrition and are calling for applications now! The training will be held from June 2nd to 5th 2015. ACTION will support…

On the 23rd March, the Seventh African Task Force on Food and Nutrition Development (ATTFND) was organised by the African Union (AU) and held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Participants included representatives from multiple stakeholder groups including the United Nations, Civil Society and Academia. Delivering the…