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Resources are exclusively related to malnutrition in all its forms, at global level and using multi sector approach. Members are encouraged to upload relevant content (e.g interesting case studies of countries, lessons learned, benchmarking practices, policies and programmes). It will consist of documents dated 2010 onwards.
The UNSCN resources centre is a database of nutrition-related documents and materials. Here, you can retrieve food security and nutrition related documents and/or links that have recently been issued (from 2010 onwards). To access any document issued prior to 2010, please visit the archive section.
Latest Resources
Call for experts - WHO initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases
01/09/2020 - Deadline: 31 October 2020 Background Foodborne diseases are a major cause of human morbidity and mortality. According to the global estimates from the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology [...]
IAEA’s Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Newsletter - Issue 12 (August 2020)
18/08/2020 - The 12th Nutritional & Health-related Environmental Studies Newsletter has a special focus on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It includes suggestions for conducting IAEA nutrition studies during [...]
Evidence and Guidance Note on the Use of CVA for Nutrition Outcomes
18/08/2020 - The main purpose of this document is to provide the nutrition sector with evidence and guidance to more routinely consider and, if appropriate, use cash and voucher modalities in nutrition in [...]
Merger of the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) and the UN Network for Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN)
16/07/2020 - Dear partners and colleagues,I am writing to you as the ad interim Chair of the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) to provide you with an update on the merger of the UN Network for [...]
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
13/07/2020 - Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of [...]
UNSCN Nutrition 45: Nutrition in a Digital World
09/07/2020 - UNSCN Nutrition 45 – Nutrition in a Digital World Download the journal here, and access the accompanying webinar series here. This year, the 45th edition of UNSCN Nutrition, examines the [...]
Postponement of the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2020
02/07/2020 - Japan, as the host country of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games 2020, had planned to host the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2020 in December 2020 in order to accelerate global effort to [...]
2020 Global Nutrition Report Online Event
01/07/2020 - 1 July 2020, 10:30-12:30 (CET) - Zoom meeting As ever, the 2020 GNR presents the most comprehensive picture of the state of nutrition at the global, regional and country level, and tracks [...]
HLPE Report #15 - Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030
25/06/2020 - The report is based on the analysis of food security and nutrition concepts, outcomes, drivers and critical policy directions that are vital for meeting SDG 2 targets and the entire 2030 Agenda. The [...]
Nutrition News Issue 1 - 2020
24/06/2020 - In an effort to present nutrition related news at the global and country level, UNSCN and the UNN Secretariats are teaming up to deliver Nutrition News providing a comprehensive overview of recent [...]