N4G - 2 years since London, 1 year from Rio. Where do we stand?
Anushree Shiroor, Policy Advocacy Officer (Nutrition), blogs on the second anniversary of Nutrition for Growth. It is June 8 th , two years since the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) summit in London where governments, development organisations and businesses came together to tackle the lifelong...
World B(r)E(a)ST-feeding Week 2015
#WBW2015 Every year 1 st -7 th August is observed as the World Breastfeeding Week, to celebrate, protect, promote, and support breastfeeding . This year we observe 25 years since the Innocenti declaration (1990), which recognised that breastfeeding provides ideal nutrition for infants and...
Global Goal 2: Ethiopia makes good progress on Millenium Development Goals
On Friday the new set of ‘Global Goals’ will be signed at the U.N. General Assembly, and of the 17 goals, Goal two is fundamental for achieving many others. The aim of Goal two will be to “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and...
World Food Day 2015: Seizing the opportunity for Adolescent Nutrition
The period of pregnancy and the first two years of life are crucial for a child’s survival, development, and ability to carve a healthy and prosperous life. Over 3 million children die before their fifth birthday due to poor nutrition in early years, and over 200 million who manage to survive...
Available Now: Hidden Hunger Webinar Recording
Did you miss our webinar on Hidden Hunger last Tuesday? Fear not! A recording of the call is now available here: https://momentum.adobeconnect.com/_a832732884/p4via5hcz25/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal We were...
New Report Launch: What Works for Nutrition? Stories of Success from Vietnam, Uganda, and Kenya
Join RESULTS UK, Concern Worldwide, and the University of Westminster for the launching of their joint report, ‘ What works for Nutrition? Stories of Success from Vietnam, Uganda, and Kenya ”. The launch will take place tomorrow, 4 November 2015, in Committee Room 11, Houses of Parliament from...
January conference call recording is now available!
ACTION at the Women Deliver Conference 2016
May 2016 has been an important month, with a number of key summits and meetings accelerating action towards tackling the critical global challenges that face us today. These include the World Humanitarian Summit to mobilise action to...
What’s in a name? Nutrition for Growth anniversary special
Since the 2013 summit in London, ‘Nutrition for Growth’ or #N4G has become a name many of us are familiar with. This successful event brought together donors,...
There is still time to tackle Malnutrition
The Ebola crisis has to date resulted in the loss of 11,315 lives. Malnutrition on the other hand, underlies nearly 3 million deaths year on year; that is over 8000 children dying every single day as a direct or indirect result of it.
This is not all - of roughly 700 million children...
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