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First published by UN News on 18 November 2021 ________________________________________ The international community must step up support to Madagascar, where more than one million people in the south are facing severe hunger, the top UN aid official there said on Thursday in a renewed appeal…

The 2021 Global Nutrition Report, launched today, Tuesday 23 November 2021, finds that, despite some progress, diets are not getting healthier and make increasing demands on the environment, while unacceptable levels of malnutrition persist. The high human, environmental and economic costs of continuing our current…

First published by World Akkam, on Tuesday 23 November 2021 Investing in nutrition is the most profitable form of investment. For every $1 you invest in a nutrition programme, you get 30 times more profit. It’s a smart investment. Jakarta (ANTARA)-Vice President Maalphamine of Indonesia…

Photo: @UNICEF/Noorani 18 November 2021, Geneva – Today, UN Assistant Secretary-General and SUN Movement Coordinator, Ms Gerda Verburg, received a letter from the Government of the Republic of Djibouti expressing their interest in joining the Movement, signed by Minister of Health, Dr Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh. The…

On Monday 15 November, the SUN Movement Lead Group meeting brought together some 15 members and deputies to discuss progress and entry points and endorse a draft mutual accountability framework and definitions and indicators of success for 2021-2025. These papers were prepared by the SUN…

Guided by its Strategy for 2021-2025, the SUN Movement entered its third phase this year. Ensuring that global governance mechanisms promote country leadership and enable active participation from all parts of the Movement lies at the heart of effectively implementing this phase of the Movement….

1 November 2021, Geneva – Today, the revised version of the SUN Movement Joint Annual Assessment (JAA) kicked off and was rolled out around all 64 member States. Each year since 2014, SUN member countries have been asked to self-reflect and assess progress and…

*First published by U.S. Agency for International Development: Stories of USAID’s Work from Around the World on 25 October 2021, authored by Mr Shawn Baker, USAID Chief Nutritionist and former SUN Movement Executive Committee Chair This May, Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, of Denmark and Trinidad…

28 October 2021, Geneva – In the past year, we have witnessed significant loss across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic: loss of life, loss of economic stability and loss of essential gains made over the last decade to bring immunisation and good nutrition…