ICAN Statement of Support for World Bank Spring Meetings Spotlight on Nutrition
N4G Admin / April 22, 2017
The International Coalition for Advocacy on Nutrition (ICAN), comprised of organizations working to improve policies and scale up investments in nutrition, commends the World Bank Group and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development for holding the Spotlight on Nutrition event on April 22nd at the World Bank Spring Meetings. As the discussion emphasized, strong global leadership is...
Read MoreLet’s be bold for change AND nutrition on International Women’s day
N4G Admin / March 8, 2017
by Jessica Meeker, IDS Half the world’s farmers are women. In South Asia the proportion is far higher than this, in Afghanistan for example women farmers make up over 80 per cent of the...
Read MoreNutrition for Growth in 2017 – Where do we go from here?
N4G Admin / February 24, 2017
In April 2016, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2016-2025 the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The Decade is a tool for all actors to set, track and achieve commitments to end all forms of malnutrition worldwide. Nutrition for Growth is kicking-off the Decade of Action by mobilizing new, specific and measurable commitments geared towards realizing the...
Read MoreInvesting in nutrition: the key role of parliamentarians
N4G Admin / January 12, 2017
From 19 to 21 December, hundreds of parliamentarians from the European Union and from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states gathered in Nairobi (Kenya) for the 32nd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. On 21 December, on the side of...
Read MoreStories of Change in Nutrition
N4G Admin / October 19, 2016
By Jessica Meeker, Nutrition Convenor at the Institute for Development Studies. Whilst nutrition remains a pertinent global issue, some countries are making gains in reducing the burden of undernutrition. There are many well documented approaches and frameworks, guiding national decision makers and practitioners to improve policies and programmes, but often it is the stories...
Read More50 million promises: sign our petition and fight global hunger
N4G Admin / October 11, 2016
by Craig Burnett, Concern What’s worse than breaking one promise? Breaking 50 million, made to the world’s poorest people. Last year, the UK government pledged to improve nutrition for 50 million people around the globe who would otherwise go hungry. But now the government is in...
Read MoreThe Guardian view on stunting: malnutrition is holding millions of children back
N4G Admin / October 3, 2016
The World Bank’s president should be commended for his new drive. Children deserve a chance to grow, physically and mentally South Korean women are neither especially diminutive nor remarkably lofty. With a mean height of 162.3cm, they are 12.5cm taller than their Filipina peers, and 7.5cm shorter than Latvian women....
Read MoreNew scorecard shows mixed picture on national nutrition targets
N4G Admin / September 22, 2016
By Ben Hobbs, Generation Nutrition Campaign Manager,and Christelle Hure, Action Against Hunger On the occasion of the UN General Assembly and a side event on the Decade of Actionon Nutrition, Generation Nutrition is launching a scorecard that looks athow well 50 ‘high-burden’ countries are doing in setting national nutrition targets and reaching...
Read MoreIngenuity and innovation: Sustainable solutions to malnutrition
N4G Admin / September 19, 2016
By Julie Espinosa 16 September 2016 David Fleming, vice president for public health impact at PATH, discusses the importance of a multisector response to malnutrition, overnutrition and micronutrient deficiency. ...
Read MoreThink creatively to end malnutrition
N4G Admin / September 14, 2016
Leadership involves many tough choices. After hearing a number of perspectives on many issues, leaders must manage disagreements, seek compromise, and make choices about whether or not to take action. Fortunately, support for nutrition is not one of those hard decisions. In May of this year, I was proud to stand alongside African Development Bank...
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