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Find out the latest UNSCN news, reports and achievements in food and nutrition.
SISN webinar - Why Invest in IR?
08/11/2017 - 28 November 2017, 11am – 12pm EST Join an expert panel of speakers chaired by Dr Gretel Pelto, Graduate Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, to discuss the [...]
Global Nutrition Report 2017 - Nourishing the SDGs
04/11/2017 - A better nourished world is a better world. Yet the 2017 Global Nutrition Report shows that, despite the significant steps the world has taken towards improving nutrition and associated health burdens [...]
IFPRI Seminar: Climate resilience, sustainable food systems and healthy diets: Can we have it all?
17/10/2017 - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm (EDT) IFPRI | 1201 Eye St. NW | 12th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 The upcoming COP23 will focus attention on how to achieve the [...]
WHO commits to the Nutrition Decade
12/10/2017 - The WHO’s commitment to the Nutrition Decade is based on the WHO Ambition and Action in Nutrition 2016-2025. This innovative strategy aims to define the unique value of WHO for advancing [...]
OCHA commits to the Nutrition Decade
12/10/2017 - As a convener and global leader in humanitarian response and coordination, OCHA proudly commits to the Decade of Action on Nutrition. Working through its five core functions of coordination, [...]
UNSCN Discussion Paper - Schools as a System to Improve Nutrition
05/10/2017 - Given the changing circumstances in the nutrition landscape, there is a need to reassess and reiterate the role of the schools in improving health and nutritional status of children. This discussion [...]
The World Food Crisis: The Way Out
01/10/2017 - The 2017 edition of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch marks the tenth anniversary of the publication by taking stock of the past decade and looking into the challenges and opportunities [...]
HLPE Report #12 - Nutrition and Food Systems
26/09/2017 - At its 42nd session in October 2015, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and [...]
UNSCN Discussion Paper - Sustainable Diets for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
15/09/2017 - Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing all nations today leading to not only environmental but also economic and social consequences. It has increased the risk of weather-related [...]
Fill the Nutrient Gap: Identifying Context-specific Solutions to Improve Nutrition across Food, Health and Social Protection Systems
10/09/2017 - 19-21 September 2017 Advancing national multi-sectoral nutrition policies and programming can greatly benefit from an assessment of opportunities and challenges for meeting nutrient requirements of [...]
WaterAid commits to the Nutrition Decade
14/07/2017 - WaterAid stands ready to work in partnership with national governments to contribute towards the success of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, and in support of country-led action plans. In [...]
WFP commits to the Nutrition Decade
03/07/2017 - Considering the World Food Programme (WFP)'s wide-ranging role in nutrition and expertise in food security analysis, significant contributions to the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition will be made [...]
Italy commits to the Nutrition Decade
30/06/2017 - In July 2017, Italy established the multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral National Working Group “ITALY-DECADE” to implement national and international actions to fight all forms of [...]
Summer 2017 - UNSCN Quarterly Newsletter
21/06/2017 - The UNSCN Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2017 edition provides the latest updates on the UNSCN members, our work to foster cross-sectoral dialogue on nutrition, UNSCN’s efforts to raise the profile [...]
FAO commits to the Nutrition Decade
20/06/2017 - In line with its organizational mandate to “rais[e] levels of nutrition”, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) commits to the Nutrition Decade as a means to [...]