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Civil Society, Government, the United Nations and Donor Community joined together in Yangon, Myanmar on the 17th February to launch the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN CSA) in Myanmar. Nearly 40 civil society organisations pledged to join the movement to eradicate malnutrition in…

During the 17th SUN Country Network Conference Call held from the 26th January until 2nd February 2015, a thematic discussion was held on how to accelerate SUN Country efforts to report on nutrition-relevant budget allocation. This call focused on the ability for countries to respond…

In the lead up to the launch of the The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) 2015, the GNR Secretariat is calling for countries to submit case studies analyzing the value of 193 Nutrition Country Profiles. The Global Nutrition Report was first launched in 2014 and profiled…

On 12th February 2015, the third conference call to develop the Community of Practice on planning, costing, implementing and financing multi-sectoral actions for improved nutrition was held. Over thirty participants from SUN Networks and technical agencies participated in the call to share their experiences with tools for stocktaking, how-to…

On the 10th February 2015, civil society groups came together in Cotonou for the official launch of the Benin civil society alliance for scaling up nutrition, “Alliance de la société civile pour l’intensification de la nutrition au Bénin” (ASCINB). Over forty participants from various civil society organisations…

On the 2nd February 2015, the IDI (Civil Society Alliance in Peru) published a governance agreement for the city of Lima as part of the efforts of the consensus building forum for the fight against poverty in Lima, Peru. The consensus building forum, comprising civil society…

On the 5th February 2015, the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services in Zambia invited the Civil Society for Scaling Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) to review progress made by Zambia towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Coordinator of CSO-SUN, William Chilyufa said the new post-2015…

On the 29th January 2015, a workshop was held to introduce the third phase of implementation of the Stimulus Fund Performance and Achievement of Social Results (EDF). Participants included representatives from nine regional governments and Ariela Luna Florez, Deputy Minister of Social Policy and Evaluation, Ministry of Development and Social…

On the 22nd January 2015, the SUN Business Network organised a Breakfast focused on Creating a Sustainable Food System in the Post-2015 Agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The event was co-hosted by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the World Food Programme (WFP),…

On the 18th January 2015, the 31st National Scientific Conference was held in Makuri, organised by the Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN). The lead presenters included Chris Osa Isokpunwu, Deputy Director and Head of Nutrition Division and the SUN Government Focal Point from…

Wednesday, 29 October Addis, Intercontental Hotel, early in the morning, Say hello to everybody, old and new colleagues from embassies and The Hague, still at the breakfast table. Everybody gets into the bus. Simone and Herman S., cheerful facilitators, in front. Nani and I sit down on the second row behind Tina, our tour manager. Bus starts rolling.

The Learning Route in Senegal has been an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned in relation to nutrition policy with other members of the SUN Movement. The Route aimed to understand the strategies and tools promoted by Senegal to achieve impressive results in reducing chronic malnutrition from 27 to 19 percent in children under 5 years, during the last two years.

After a short courtesy visit to the governor of the Kaolack region on Tuesday morning, the expedition headed towards the rural community of Patar Lia. As they stepped off the bus, participants discovered the colorful welcome prepared by the community. In front of a welcome banner positioned at the entrance to the main square and tents to protect all of the ceremonies participants from the late morning sun, rural councilors, women and children of the rural community lined up to receive the delegation.

Something extraordinary is happening in Senegal this week. Seven countries have been invited by the Fight Against Malnutrition Unit (CLM) hosted by the Office of the Prime Minister to see first-hand how Senegal is scaling up nutrition. Representatives of government and civil society from Benin, Burundi, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Sierra Leone and Peru are spending the next few days together, forging new relationships and accelerating their own understanding of nutrition by sharing critical insights to the most practical questions.

Peru is currently considered a world reference in its fight against CCM: from 2007 to 2013, CCM has been reduced from 28.5% to 17.5% in children under five. First results show that CCM would be reduced to about 14% in 2014. Peru is honored to have been selected as host country to implement the second SUN Learning Route, which is counting with the presence of SUN member countries delegations from Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Tanzania, Senegal, Guatemala and El Salvador.

With children, we have the most valuable opportunity to study their development of logical thinking, mathematics, physics and other areas. This is the reason that I feel it has been so necessary and timely to create a Learning Route, focusing on exchanging knowledge and experiences, which become very creative tools enabling the different SUN countries to expand their capacities, with innovative methods that each region has to overcome chronic child malnutrition.

I would like to share with you my Learning Route experience in Peru. It is a wonderful experience to me coming all the way from Tanzania travelling over 20 hrs to come to Lima to learn and share experience on how we do scaling up nutrition. In the first four days of my experience in Peru I have learned that achievements never come over night. Peru has come a long way to be where it is now in terms of eliminating Chronic Child Malnutrition (CCM) since 2007.

Once again, the people of Peru have astonished the world by providing a new legacy, this time by successfully addressing a problem that our nations have had historically, which is chronic child malnutrition, a scourge condemning our people to poverty and underdevelopment.