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In July 2013, a two day online discussion, entitled ‘Addressing Undernutrition in Nigeria: What Next?’, was facilitated by the Institute of Development Studies, UK, on the Eldis Communities web platform. A briefing note was drafted that reflects the views of 33 participants working on nutrition-related…

Through the SUN Donor Network, a small group has been working together to develop a common methodology to increase accountability and improve the tracking of external development assistance resources aimed at addressing undernutrition. Improved tracking of donor spending on nutrition is important, not only for…

Throughout November and December 2013, the SUN civil society alliance in Uganda has been very busy coordinating renewed efforts to end the preventable newborn and child deaths, participating in Uganda’s first annual nutrition forum, supporting the organization of the ‘Run for Good Nutrition Marathon’ as…

PATH is awarding grants to civil society organizations to improve maternal and child nutrition. The grants are part of the four-year Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme (NEEP), funded by the UK Department for International Development, to generate evidence on best ways to address undernutrition with a…

From the 1st to 4th December 2013, a large delegation of senior donor officials visited Zambia to look at the current state of nutrition in the country and government’s progress to scale up nutrition interventions. The officials are members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)…

The most recent SUN Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) call for proposal under the fund’s ‘window 2’ (which supports civil society organization alliances) closed on November 11, 2013. On 27 November, members of the SUN Movement MPTF Management Committee met to review the proposals. Altogether 83…

The new guidelines provide global, evidence-informed recommendations on a number of specific issues related to the management of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children, including in the context of HIV.

The AFC on Monday kicked off the ‘One Goal’ campaign along with partners World Vision, DSM, Global Alliance for Improving Nutrition and the Asian Football Development Project to ensure that children across Asia eat, live and play right. Focused on providing nutrition for every child…

In Malagasy, the word ‘Hina’ signifies characteristics of unity, strength, support and consolidation. In collective commitment to work together, representatives from across the country came together in Antananarivo on 5 November 2013 to launch, Hina – the country’s Civil Society Alliance for Scaling up Nutrition….

In this report, authors Jim Levinson and Yarlini Balarajan of UNICEF New York and Alessandra Marini of the World Bank present three major case studies from Peru, Brazil and Bangladesh, but also a historical review of multisectoral nutrition activities in several other countries around the…

en-net is a free and open resource to help field practitioners have access to prompt technical advice for operational challenges for which answers are not readily accessible. It is hosted and run by the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) (www.ennonline.net). en-net is an interactive online forum…

On 4-5 November 2013, an official ceremony and workshop took place to launch, review and approve Chad’s National Nutrition Policy (2014-2025). The official opening ceremony of the workshop took place just after the presentation session of the policy document. It was chaired by the Minister of…

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A new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute reflects on the concept and measurement of women’s empowerment and reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. The report then proceeds to review…

The Global Gathering was an extraordinary moment in the SUN Movement. It brought together 140 participants from 40 SUN Movement countries, and more than 60 participants from the SUN Movement Networks. David Nabarro, SUN Movement Coordinator, shares his reflections on the lead up to the…

Tilaye Nigussie, former Country Director for Concern Worldwide Rwanda (now in Tanzania) wrote this poem for Rwanda’s second national nutrition summit, held in Kigali from November 22-23, 2011. The conference focused on scaling up nutrition interventions to prevent irreversible physical and mental stunting during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life. It is also the focus of Tilaye’s poem, “One Thousand Precious Days.”