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The Coordinator of the SUN Movement, David Nabarro, gave a rousing speech setting out his perspective on the evolution and future of the Movement at the 20th International Congress in Granada on 16 September.

This draft annual report focuses on the advances made by the countries in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement since September 2012.

Read the September 2013 Newsletter featuring news on progress made for scaling up nutrition.

The Bangladesh Civil Society Network for Promoting Nutrition (BCSNPN) was created on 8 September 2012 and an official launch of this network took place at the CIRDAP auditorium on 19 December 2012. This ceremony brought together around 90 representatives from different ministries, parliament, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), National Nutrition Services (NNS), development partners, United Nations, international and local NGOs, research and academic institutions, professional bodies, associations and the media.

PANITA actively supported the Ministry of Health and other partners to organize activities at the national, regional and districts levels to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.

The Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition (ECSC) – Ethiopia’s SUN CSA- contributed to an event held at Yekatit 12 Hospital in Addis Ababa. Save the Children, representing civil societies, joined the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, Ethiopian Pediatrics Society and other local and international organizations to mark World Breast Feeding Week.

The UN System Network for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) held its first meeting in Africa from 26-28 August in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together experts from various UN agencies working on the continent to drive forward the fight against undernutrition.

In order to better understand the extent of existing nutrition capacities in countries and what needs to be developed or strengthened, UNICEF with support from the European Union, recently conducted a multi-country nutrition capacity needs assessment for national and sub-national (district) levels in Bangladesh, Indonesia,…

National and international experts shared recommendations and perspectives in a policy discussion on “Scaling Up Nutrition; An Urgent Call for Commitment and Multi-Sectoral Action” held at BRAC Centre yesterday. BRAC organized this roundtable in the lead-up to the Nutrition Conference in New York at the end of this month.

The results of a new Cochrane systematic review on the links between undernutrition and WASH interventions led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine were published on 31 July.

The Uganda Civil Society Coalition on Scaling up Nutrition (UCCO-SUN) platform worked with a number of partners to commemorate the World Breastfeeding Week. The theme for Tanzania’s breastfeeding week was: “Enhancing community support for optimal breast feeding for health well nourished and HIV free generation”….