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On 5 March 2014, Dr. Enrique T. Ona, Secretary of Health and Chair of the National Nutrition Council, announced the intention of the Government of the Philippines to join the Movement for Scaling-Up Nutrition. The official letter highlighted the commitment of the National Nutrition Council…

On 1 May 2014, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) published a synthesis report on the Planning and costing for the acceleration of actions for nutrition: experiences of countries in the Movement for Scaling Up Nutrition. The synthesis report is based on costed nutrition plans…

On 20 May 2014, at the 67th World Health Assembly, Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced that Pope Francis will attend the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) scheduled to take place in Rome…

On 14 April 2014, Senior Officials of the SUN Donor Network met at the World Bank in Washington D.C. to discuss how they can continue to support the SUN Movement. The meeting was structured into three sessions beginning with results, followed by how the network can…

The U.S. government is currently developing a Global Nutrition Coordination Plan to better coordinate their global investments in nutrition and is calling for public comments from 4 May until 4 June 2014. The development of this coordination plan reflects the U.S. government’s commitment to work…

The Sixty-seventh session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) takes place in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palais des Nations from 19–24 May 2014. The WHA is the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO). It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member…

As part of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security, as focal point for SUN in Guatemala, convened the workshop “Assessment of national expansion of the scaling up nutrition process / 1000 days” to review national progress of the…

On 8 May 2014, the Zambia Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance commemorated the Global Day of Action at Katoba Primary School in Chongwe. This was the day when civil society across the globe spoke out together for improved nutrition for children. The event took…

On 7 May 2014, a new campaign, Generation Nutrition, was launched in the UK Parliament calling for an end to child deaths from acute malnutrition. Currently, 52 million children under five are suffering from acute malnutrition and 1 million of these children will die each…

On 1 May 2014, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) published a synthesis report on the Planning and costing for the acceleration of actions for nutrition: experiences of countries in the Movement for Scaling Up Nutrition. The synthesis report is based on costed nutrition plans developed…

The eleventh session of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Open Working Group (OWG) was held 5 – 9 May 2014 at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. In June 2012, governments agreed to launch a process to develop a set of SDGs which led…

According to a new study published in Nature on 7 May 2014, climate change may increase the problem of nutrient deficiency in coming decades. Authors say that higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can reduce the amount of nutrients in the most common…

Two significant global processes are underway that will contribute to the landscape of nutrition. The processes identify nutrition as an area for economic development and may help to improve people’s right to optimal nutrition and increase the capacity of countries for scaling up nutrition. The…

On 7 May 2014, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome, Italy. During his visit, the Secretary General expressed his hope that the CFS will be used as a global inclusive forum to address…

A new open consultation for ICN2 starting 14 May 2014 and ending 28 May 2014, is now online. 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…