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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in cooperation with IFAD, IFPRI, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WTO, WFP and the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF), are jointly organizing the Second…

Ensuring optimal nutrition for a child is not always easy. Priority actions for nutrition need to be delivered by multiple sectors, agencies and actors. Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) is critical for scaling up nutrition specific interventions for women and children. Since the…

Working Multisectorally to Improve Nutrition and Global Lessons: Current Status in India This policy note has been developed with leadership from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India (POSHAN) and describes working…

On Tuesday 17 December 2013, the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Professor Ahsan Iqbal, launched the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement to help eradicate malnutrition in Pakistan. The launch marked the government’s commitment to invest in nutrition to improve the situation of the most…

In his recent blog, Kanayo F. Nwanze explains why IFAD is increasing its commitment of resources to issues related to nutrition. The President of the UN specialized agency reflects on the rapidly evolving landscape of agriculture and illustrates how adaptations like small adjustments to IFAD…

On 3 February 2014, Liberia became the 47th country to commit to scaling up nutrition with the SUN Movement. The government of Liberia, through the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), is deeply committed to scaling up nutrition investments, designing interventions…

Read the January Update for news from SUN Countries and around the Movement.

The Government of Maharashtra set up an independent mission in 2005 with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). It is called Rajmata Jijau Mother Child Health and Nutrition Mission (RJMCHN) and is the first nutrition mission in India. The primary objective is to create a platform for strengthening inter-sectoral coordination between government departments and also to bring in expertise through multi-stakeholder involvement.

Determined to take action against the high rates of malnutrition and HIV and in recognition of the strong relationship between nutrition, HIV and AIDS, the Government of Malawi established the Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS (DNHA) in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) in August 2004.

The power of bringing together multiple actors to tackle malnutrition in Benin was highlighted in February 2013, during an event to draw attention to the importance of nutrition for health and development. The event was jointly organised by the Government of Benin (National Council of Food and Nutrition), civil society (CARE International) and the United Nations (UNICEF Benin).

When the President of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, learned that less than 1% of Guatemala’s population believed their country had a problem with malnutrition, he instructed his entire cabinet to live in rural areas for a week with a family facing chronic food shortages and malnutrition. The result was the launch of the whole-of-government ‘Zero Hunger Pact’ in 2012 together with a mobilization campaign known as ‘The 1,000 Days Window’.

Chronic malnutrition still remains a fundamental threat to the sustainable economic development of Zambia. The government recognizes the importance of investing in nutrition as an integral part of national economic development and thus was among the first countries to participate in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in early 2011. This has given Zambia a solid foundation to advance the nutrition agenda throughout the country.

As one of the newest countries in the SUN Movement, from May 2013, Chad has swiftly taken action to establish a new approach to scaling up nutrition. Through Government Decree 266 passed in July 2013, the Ministry of Public Health appointed a new team to take charge of the National Centre for Nutrition and Food Technology (CNNTA), which is the government’s operational body for nutrition.