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Asian Football Confederation kicks off ‘One Goal’ campaign to improve nutrition

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…
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Publication date: WED, 27 NOV, 2013
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Introducing Hina – Madagascar’s Civil Society Alliance for Scaling Up Nutrition

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….
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Publication date: TUE, 26 NOV, 2013
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Addressing Malnutrition Multisectorally: What have we learned from recent international experience?

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…
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Publication date: TUE, 26 NOV, 2013
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Accessing free technical advice for nutrition in: en-net

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…
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Publication date: TUE, 26 NOV, 2013
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5th MPTF management committee meeting - key decisions (nov 2013)

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Publication date: TUE, 26 NOV, 2013
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Partners come together to support the approval of Chad’s National Food and Nutrition Policy

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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Publication date: MON, 25 NOV, 2013
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Latest SciDev.Net Spotlight: Ensuring Food Security for the Future

The SciDev.Net website www.scidev.net acts as a source of news, views and analysis on information about science and technology for global development. Engaging primarily with development professionals, policymakers, researchers, the media and the informed public, SciDev.Net publishes in-depth thematic analyses called Spotlights. This Spotlight presents…
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Publication date: MON, 25 NOV, 2013
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New Report: Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition

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…
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Publication date: MON, 25 NOV, 2013
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SUN Movement November 2013 Update

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…
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Publication date: TUE, 19 NOV, 2013
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One Thousand Precious Days: Rwanda’s Poem

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.”
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Publication date: TUE, 19 NOV, 2013
RESOURCE / Briefs/ fact sheets

Workshop on costing and tracking investments in support of scaling up nutrition - executive summary

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Publication date: TUE, 19 NOV, 2013
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Costing and Tracking Investment in Nutrition Workshop: November 2013

From 12-14 November, over 80 participants from 18 countries including SUN Focal Points and global experts gathered in Nairobi for a Workshop on Costing and Tracking Investments in support of Scaling Up Nutrition. As a result a Community of Practice was initiated in 2013 with…
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Publication date: FRI, 15 NOV, 2013
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Supporting Ghana’s 1,000 Days of the Child campaign in Ghana with a song – “Save a Child Today”

Noble Nketia is the leading celebrity ambassador of Ghana’s Civil Society Association (CSA) – the Ghana Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Scaling up Nutrition. He is a Ghanaian gospel artiste with a successful music career spanning 13 years and several awards including the best gospel artiste of the year (two occasions) in the country.
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Publication date: WED, 13 NOV, 2013
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Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition

The first meeting of the Global Panel meeting took place on 28th and 29th October 2013 in London. Co- chaired by former President Kufuor of Ghana and Prof Sir John Beddington, former UK Chief Scientific Advisor, the Panel agreed its aims and objectives, identified the key issues it should address, and developed a plan of activities for the first year.
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Publication date: WED, 13 NOV, 2013
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2013 UN General Assembly High level Round table breakfast: Nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene

During the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2013, the Safe Water for All (SWA) Chair and former President of Ghana H.E Kufuor co-chaired a roundtable breakfast meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to discuss linkages between nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Publication date: WED, 13 NOV, 2013
RESOURCE / Briefs/ fact sheets

Supporting Ghana’s 1,000 Days of the Child campaign with a song

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Publication date: WED, 13 NOV, 2013
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SUN Movement Business Network Members Announce their Commitments to Scale Up Nutrition

The SUN Movement recognises that no one single sector can scale up nutrition alone. At the core of the Movement are nationally owned and ambitious plans to scale up nutrition by 43 countries, supported by four global networks- Donor, Business, Civil Society and UN agencies.
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Publication date: FRI, 8 NOV, 2013
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Seminar on Nutrition and Sustainability

A seminar on “Nutrition and Sustainability : A Practical Approach to Integrating Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Nutrition and Health Agendas” co-organized by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition, (UNSCN), Bioversity International, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of…
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Publication date: WED, 6 NOV, 2013
RESOURCE / Technical reports and research

Report: Mapping Activity Identifying SUN Civil Society Alliances support needs

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Publication date: THU, 31 OCT, 2013
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Republic of the Congo Joins SUN Movement

On 7 October 2013, the Republic of the Congo became the 43rd country to commit to scaling up nutrition with the SUN Movement.
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Publication date: TUE, 29 OCT, 2013