Africa:  UN Secretary-General Hails Progress in Scaling Up Nutrition

United Nations Children's Fund, 27 September 2012

The global Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement gained momentum today at a meeting led by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Heads of State, civil society and private ... read more »

Africa:  The African Nutrition Congress: Declare the End of the 22nd Century Mindset (guest blog)

Institute of Development Studies, 3 October 2012

Days 2 and 3 and the African Nutrition Congress are generating lots of good ideas, evidence and connections, but I wonder how much influence it is generating? read more »

Africa:  U.S. Global Food Security Program Receives $1 Billion Pledge (document)

United States Department of State, 27 September 2012

The Obama administration's food security and nutrition initiative Feed the Future has received a $1 billion pledge from U.S. civil society organizations, boosting its efforts to ... read more »

Africa:  Tackling Undernutrition Will Require Large Increase in Funding, Parliamentary Meeting Told

Institute of Development Studies, 21 September 2012

IDS joined forces with Action Against Hunger (ACF International) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid and Trade to host a parliamentary meeting on making the Olympic ... read more »

Africa:  UK Hunger Summit - Breakfast of Champions? (opinion)

Africa Progress Panel, 10 August 2012

The latest in a series of game-changing summits from the UK government, David Cameron's Hunger Summit this week represents excellent leadership on yet another issue that is ... read more »

Africa:  WFP, UNICEF WHO and FAO Hail REACH Initiative on Child Undernutrition

United Nations Children's Fund, 20 June 2012

WFP, UNICEF WHO and FAO Hail REACH Initiative on child undernutrition as foundation for sustainable development goals read more »