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Some 6.5 million people in South Sudan – more than half of the population – could be in acute food insecurity at the height of this hunger season (May-July), three United Nations agencies warned. The situation is particularly worrying in the areas hardest hit by…

* Originally published by UN Network From the beginning, the partnership between Nepal and UNN-REACH was symbiotic. The Nepali government has made steady progress on the nutrition front since 1970, when the National Nutrition Policy Coordination Committee and the institution of the Joint Nutrition Support…

The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition launched its latest policy brief, Rethinking trade policies to support healthier diets. This new brief is a call to action to align trade policies with the goal of providing healthy and sustainable diets for all….

SUN Indonesia Annual Meeting 2019 was the national event to share the knowledge and learn the innovation and best practices among stakeholders and discuss the challenges and efforts for the improvement in the future. This event was attended by approximately 600 participants representative from 23…

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development is supporting the UNICEF nutrition programme in Niger with an additional contribution of US$6,7 million over a period of two years. This new contribution will support UNICEF and partners in their efforts to contribute to reducing the incidence…

The non-governmental organisation Action against Hunger, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and under the supervision of the national Multisectoral Technical Committee for Food Security and Nutrition (CTMSAN), has held a stakeholder consultation meeting on establishing the Civil Society Network for Scaling…

African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition targets by 2025. This was the main message of a meeting that took place during the 33rd African Union Summit. Speakers at a meeting of…

*Originally Published by ENN Online Philippines is a middle income country with a per capita income of 2970 USD. Undernutrition is a serious problem with 30.3 per cent of children U5 being stunted with very slow progress being made within the last 15 years. Wasting…

Joint FAO, UNICEF and WFP press release The number of people facing a critical lack of food and vital livelihood opportunities in the Central Sahel has spiked in one year due to rising insecurity and climatic shocks. The situation may further deteriorate unless the international…

The economy of The Gambia is losing 3.96 billion Gambian Dalasi (USD83 million) a year – about 5.1 percent of the country’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a new study released in Banjul today. The multi-agency…

[vc_row row_type=”row” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text custom_options=””] On 16 January 2012, the Republic of Sierra Leone joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from HE Zainab Hawa Bangura, the Minister of Health and Sanitation. At the time, Sierra Leone had developed a number of policies…

* Originally published by Nutrition International Nutrition International, in partnership with the governments of Indonesia, Australia and Canada, reached 211,000 pregnant women with iron and folic acid supplementation, 720,000 children with two doses of vitamin A and 64,000 children under five suffering from diarrhoea with…

PANITA’s role in developing accountability structures for nutrition at all levels 1. Introduction Despite increasing efforts since 2010, malnutrition persists in Tanzania. with particular impact on children under five, and women of child-bearing age. Between 2010 and 2015/16, stunting in children under five years of…

* Originally published by the UN Network for SUN Mohamed Cheikh Levrac, the Chad International UNN-REACH Facilitator, was recognized for his remarkable efforts during the SUN S/Heroes Reception at the recent SUN Global Gathering. He dedicated his distinction to his fellow colleagues in Chad, reminding the…

In a conversation with Rashmi Mabiyan, Chief of UNICEF India (Nutrition), Arjan de Wagt, lays strong emphasis on the importance of nutrition and role of the public and private sector in fighting malnutrition. * Interview originally published via India Times Malnourishment is 100 per cent preventable…