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On 16 November 2014, the 2014 SUN Movement Global Gathering was opened with a warm welcome from host, Executive Director of the World Food Programme and SUN Lead Group Member, Ertharin Cousin. Over 300 participants from the 54 SUN countries and SUN networks have come…

On the 1st September 2014, The Minister of Health and Social Services in collaboration with UNICEF, the World Health Organisation and the United States Agency for International Development, launched the child survival strategy to improve the nutritional status of children under the age of five years….

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In October 2014, consulting firm Mokoro Ltd in partnership with Valid International and FEG Consulting completed the SUN Movement Independent Comprehensive Evaluation (ICE) discussion paper “Future Options for the SUN Movement”. The purpose of the paper is to stimulate discussion at the 2014 SUN Movement Global Gathering (SUNGG). The ICE Evaluation team…

A regional workshop of tools related to financing nutrition interventions took place in Cotonou (Benin) from 28 to 31 October 2014. The workshop reviewed ownership of tools across costing, financial tracking and participatory local impact monitoring of nutrition interventions. The workshop was organized by the…

On 22 August 2014, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad, Hon. Kalzeube Payuimi Deubet, signed a Presedential Decree for the creation, organisation and function of a national nutrition council called “Conseil National de Nutrition et d’Alimentation” (CNNA). The decree gives the CNNA legal…

More than 300 participants from 54 SUN Countries and SUN Networks will come together for the annual SUN Movement Global Gathering (SUNGG). The event will take place in Rome, Italy from 16 to 18 November 2014 in advance of the Second International Conference on Nutrition…

On 31 October and 3 November 2014, the African Union and the Government of Malawi celebrated Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security. The day is celebrated annually and aims to create a platform for stakeholders to discuss solutions and make recommendations on food and nutrition security in…

On 24 October 2014, a meeting was organised by the Pakistan Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms to promote the formulation of the Pakistan business network for scaling up nutrition in Islamabad. The network was the result of a collaboration between the Ministry, the Global Alliance for…

On 9 October 2014, representatives from all SUN Networks participated in the monthly Network Facilitators teleconference hosted by the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Secretariat. Updates came from recent activities including SUN Business Network Breakfast and Advisory Group Meeting in New York on the 24th September…

On 17 October 2014, a media seminar about the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) was held in Accra, Ghana for journalists from private and public media. The event was organised by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the…