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Africa: Fund Invests to Break 'Unrelenting' Cycle of Mother, Child Death
allAfrica, 10 June 2013
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) will invest U.S.$787 million (£2.7 billion) to tackle under-nutrition – which underlies over three million… Read more »
Summit Brings New Hope for Africa's Children
Undernutrition debilitates and kills far more children than previously thought and sustains a cycle of poverty, according to new and ongoing research. The Nutrition for Growth summit in London has mobilized new energy and resources to help improve nutrition among the world's poor including an investment of U.S.$787 million from a large philanthropic organisation to transform the lives of hundreds of millions of malnourished children.
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The governments of the UK and Brazil, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), co-hosted a high-level international meeting, Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger ... Read more »
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Nutrition for Growth 2013, June 2013
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Undernutrition debilitates and kills far more children than previously thought and sustains a cycle of poverty, according to new and ongoing research. The Nutrition for Growth summit in London has ... see more »
Documents
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10 June 2013
Growing Economies Policy Brief
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- Nutrition4Growth
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- Nutrition4Growth
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This document describes how improved nutrition status leads to better economic growth. see more »
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10 June 2013
Ending Undernutrition
- Author:
- Nutrition4Growth
- Publisher:
- Nutrition4Growth
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The prevention of undernutrition in mothers and young children would prevent at least 35% of child deaths that is approximately 3 million deaths, says ... see more »
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10 June 2013
Improving Child Nutrition
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- UNICEF
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- UNICEF
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This report describes developments and demonstrates that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries. see more »
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10 June 2013
Nutrition 4 Growth Commitments: Executive Summary
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- Gov.UK
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- Gov.UK
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This document describes a summary of preventing at least 20 million children from being stunted and saving at least 1.7 million lives by 2020. see more »
