In December 2019, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, published an editorial in the Washington Post where they “…call on all countries to develop strong primary health-care-based health systems, to strengthen health financing and to invest in innovations related to health technologies and service delivery.” ...
Read MoreThis brief provides the reader with information and keymessages to transform health systems towards the integrationof essential nutrition actions as an important component forachieving quality universal health coverage (UHC). It reinforcesthe understanding that malnutrition in all its forms threatensthe achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by2030. Six...
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“Nutrition comes first,” says the Honourable Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Nepal Minister of Finance, setting the tone forthis year’s Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Global Gathering (GG). Over four days, 1,000 farmers, chefs, practitioners, journalists and Government Ministers from 61+ countries gathered in Kathmandu to share their stories of...
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The Global Nutrition Summit 2017: Milan took place in the Palazzo Reale Milano on Saturday November 4, 2017. The event brought together over 250 stakeholders including governments, cities, international agencies, foundations, civil society organizations and businesses, to accelerate the global response to malnutrition. The day was marked by notable attendees Kofi...
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US$3.4 billion committed at summit to tackle global malnutrition crisis US$640 million in new funding announced; philanthropies in India and Nigeria, home to highest numbers of malnourished children, pledge US$150 millionInternational NGOs and World Bank extend and increase 2013 commitments with pledge to spend US$1.1 billion and US$1.7bn respectively on nutrition by 2020Governments including...
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