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This report is part of a series of scoping studies on Social Protection and Safety Nets for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Central Asia Region commissioned by the World Food Programme in partnership with the University of Maastricht in 2017. Specific country focused studies were…

Recognizing the slow progress in improving the food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa, parliamentarians from nine Eastern African nations have pledged to urge their governments to intensify their battle against food insecurity, malnutrition and hunger by enacting sound legislation and allocating adequate resources….

The Tropical Agronomy Research and Teaching Centre (CATIE) in collaboration with the Secretariat of Food Security and Nutrition (SESAN) have presented a case study titled “Evolution of strategies to reduce chronic malnutrition, principal findings, to the government authorities, international cooperation and civil society “, within…

Pakistan is the first SUN Movement country to conduct the Joint Assessment in 2019! The assessment was launched at the 6th Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Joint-Assessment Workshop held on April 26 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The event saw key stakeholders come together to review progress,…

On 29 and 30 April 2019, the Coordinator of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Gerda Verburg, made a working visit to Burkina Faso. During her stay, Gerda Verburg held discussions with the political authorities, including the President of Burkina Faso and the president of…

The National Fortification Alliance (NFA) of Pakistan, with technical support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and funding from the Australian Government launched a pilot project to fight malnutrition by fortifying wheat flour in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. This project will support chakkis (small-scale…

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that prolonged droughts and heavy rain have destroyed more than half of the maize and bean crops of the subsistence farmers along the Central American Dry Corridor, leaving them without…

• AT A GLANCE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES – English • SYNTHÈSE : DÉFINITION ET PORTÉE DE L’EXERCICE – Français • EN SÍNTESIS: SIGNIFICADO Y PROPÓSITOS –Español • EXPLANATORY NOTE: PROGRESS MARKERS – English • NOTE EXPLICATIVE : INDICATEURS DES PROGRÈS – Français • NOTA…

Malnutrition is widespread across the Philippines. There has been little progress in addressing undernutrition, and overnutrition has emerged as a serious concern. This growing double burden hinders the country’s potential for social and economic development. Thirty three percent of children under the age of 5…

Originally published by the SUN Business Network Ope Olanrewaju, founder of Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics, was crowned the SUN Business Network (SBN) Nutrition Champion and winner of the first ever Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Pitch Competition in October 2018, at the Nutrition Africa Investor Forum The competition showcased…

* Originally published by SUN Business Network In November 2018, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) commissioned a review of business accountability mechanisms on nutrition, led by the SUN Business Network (SBN). The SBN gathered the leading business and nutrition accountability mechanisms together in…

The nutritional situation in Afghanistan continues to be alarming. Ongoing conflict, low access to basic services, and impact of natural disasters have exacerbated the existing vulnerabilities of communities, contributing towards high rates of acute malnutrition, which are reflected in severity of acute malnutrition map below….

New global guidelines published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative will further hone food security and nutrition analysis processes for better and more actionable information during humanitarian crises. After thorough consultations, food security and nutrition experts from 15 organizations have released a third…

Celebrating #30DaysofSUN and the launch of the new online Joint-Assessment tool! On 1 May, the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement will launch the 2019 Joint-Assessment (JAA). Each year, the JAA is an exciting moment for the Movement, as it brings together in-country partners and stakeholders…

Guatemala will strengthen its family agriculture programmes and its fight against malnutrition with a fleet of vehicles and lorries acquired using financial support from the European Union (EU), an official source reported today. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA, acronym in Spanish) explained…

The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand a cooked school meal programme to reach 400,000 children in 2,000 schools across 16 sub-districts. The programme was successfully piloted by the World Food Programme (WFP). The pilot, which started in 2013, gives school children…

The joint estimates, published by UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank, cover indicators of stunting, wasting, severe wasting and overweight, among children under-five. The numbers reveal insufficient progress to reach the nutrition targets endorsed by the World Health Assembly and the Sustainable Development Agenda for…

On 25 March 2019, Côte d’Ivoire officially opened the Regional Centre of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition (CERFAM) in its financial capital, Abidjan. The fruit of a partnership between the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government, this research centre offers the countries of the…

On the sidelines of the first session of the National Nutrition Consultation Council (CNCN) to be held in 2018, Burkina Faso officially inaugurated its « “National Nutrition Champion”, His Majesty Larlé Naaba. Held on 17 July 2018 at the Royal Beach Hotel in Ouagadougou, the ceremony…