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Ensuring sustainable food systems Scaling Up Nutrition

WebFood systems contribute up 30% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including 44% of methane, significantly contributing to climate change. Agriculture is also responsible for up to 80% of biodiversity loss and consumes 70% of all freshwater resources available for human use. One-third of all food produced in the world is either lost or wasted.

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New brief: Nutrition in Universal Health Coverage

WebThe brief provides the reader with information and key messages to transform health systems towards the integration of essential nutrition actions as an important …

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SUN Movement at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77)

WebBackground The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a …

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Integrating WASH and nutrition actions Scaling Up Nutrition

WebIn addition, the SWA Nutrition Working Group was established in 2017 to work on the cross-sectoral thematic issues of WASH and Nutrition. The purpose of the group …

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History Scaling Up Nutrition

WebAround the same time, a collaborative process began which led to the development of the policy brief “ Scaling Up Nutrition: A Framework for Action ” published in the March 2010 issue of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin. The policy brief was endorsed by over 80 institutions following calls for endorsement led by the World Health Organization.

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Gender and nutrition Scaling Up Nutrition

WebAs part of the recently launched SUN 3.0 Strategy (2021-2025), this emphasis on the gender/nutrition axis is being scaled up. At the SUN Movement, we see …

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El Salvador Scaling Up Nutrition

WebOn 24 September 2012, the Republic of El Salvador joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from Maria Isabel Rodriguez, the Minister of Health and President of CONASAN. At the time, a coordinating inter-ministerial body for food security and nutrition (Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional) had been set up led by the …

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Health Scaling Up Nutrition

WebMainstream nutrition interventions in all Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) interventions, including antenatal and postnatal care of pregnant women (e.g. provision …

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SPECIAL FOCUS: Global Food and Nutrition Crisis

WebAround the world, a global food and nutrition crisis has emerged impacting families, communities and countries. It has been driven by increased costs and …

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Events Scaling Up Nutrition

WebEvents. This calendar of events represents the collective global commitment to nutrition. It includes high-level meetings, dialogues, knowledge sharing events and more. Through …

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Uganda: Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF and partners discuss …

Web| First published by WHO on 29 November 2021 | . Kampala, 29 November 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the country’s stakeholders …

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Strengthening food systems in fragile contexts

WebPhoto: FAO/Marco Longari The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition today announces the launch of its latest policy brief, Strengthening Food Systems in Fragile Contexts. This policy brief seeks to stimulate international organisations, governments, and other stakeholders, to realign policies within fragile …

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Pakistani SUN Networks meet to revisit success, establish plans for

WebShortly after the country approved its three-year national multi-sectoral nutrition plan – allocating $30 million to fight child malnutrition and foster healthy dietary …

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Yemen Scaling Up Nutrition

WebOn 1 November 2012, the Yemeni Republic joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from HE Mohammed Salem Basondwah, the Prime Minister. At the time, attention had been brought to the scale of the problem of malnutrition when an emergency response was launched due to conflict in the north of the country, causing …

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Cameroon Scaling Up Nutrition

WebSO.4. SO.1. Cameroon is on track to address growth retardation, although the absolute number of affected children remains high. On the other hand, the rate of overweight and …

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Rwanda Scaling Up Nutrition

WebOn 22 December 2011, the Republic of Rwanda joined the SUN Movement with a letter of commitment from the Minister of Health. At the time, the President of Rwanda had …

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Why Sanitation Matters for Nutrition

WebThe year 2014 was an exciting time for nutrition research and policy action related to water, sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH. In terms of research, during the past year, a wide range of studies began to converge on evidence that WASH can be critical in shaping key nutrition outcomes, such as child height, one of the most important measures of

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INTEGRATING WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE INTO …

Web1 Each year diarrhea alone causes the death of 760,000 children under 5 (11 percent of all child mortality).2 Diarrhea is also a leading cause of undernutrition in this age group and …

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Haiti Scaling Up Nutrition

WebCountry priorities 2022. 1. ⇥ Integration of preventive nutrition in the nutritional service package. 2. ⇥ Management of MAM. 3. ⇥ Management of SAM. 4. ⇥ Fight against micronutrient deficiencies. 5. ⇥ Fight against micronutrient deficiencies.

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Every Zimbabwean Free from Hunger and Malnutrition

Web3. Food Insecurity, malnutrition and all its forms, obesity and chronic illnesses, are by far the biggest risk factors the country is facing. Few challenges that communities in Zimbabwe …

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