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The UNSCN 2016-2020. Capturing the learnings from its final years
10/05/2021 - The complexity and magnitude of malnutrition in the world is daunting and far too great for any one United Nations agency or organization to tackle and solve alone. Since its conception in 1977 the [...]
UNICEF - Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
10/02/2021 - Overweight and obesity are a growing threat to children’s well-being globally, largely driven by a trap of unhealthy and highly processed foods combined with a lack of physical activity and [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting people’s food environments: a resource list on Food Systems and Nutrition responses
02/02/2021 - The global outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems around the world. Food environments are where people meet the food system. Around the world people’s food environments [...]
WHO Action framework for developing and implementing public food procurement and service policies for a healthy diet
12/01/2021 - Every year, unhealthy diets are responsible for millions of deaths and lost years of good health. Urgent action is needed to stop the growing consumption of foods and beverages that lead to unhealthy [...]
Nutrition News- Issue 2
22/12/2020 - In an effort to present nutrition related news at the global and country level, UNSCN and the UNN Secretariats have teamed up to deliver the final edition of Nutrition News, providing a [...]
School Nutrition Inventory
20/12/2020 - School Nutrition Inventory, edition 1-2020 Schools offer an opportune and favorable setting to accelerate action and contribute to the systemic action required to end malnutrition in all its forms. [...]
UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020–2030: Nutrition, for Every Child
07/12/2020 - The UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020–2030: Nutrition, for Every Child outlines UNICEF’s strategic intent to support national governments and partners in upholding children’s [...]
Micronutrient Survey Manual and Toolkit
29/10/2020 - UNICEF, WHO, CDC and Nutrition International have released the Micronutrient Survey Manual and digitized Toolkit. Nutrition stakeholders around the world can now access expanded and digitized [...]
WHO Bulletin Call for Papers: Behavioural and Social Sciences for Better Health
26/10/2020 - Deadline for submissions: 31 December 2020 What drives people towards tobacco use? What prevents people from doing physical exercise or adopting preventive measures during a pandemic? What [...]
The UN Food System Summit
19/10/2020 - In 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit will [...]
UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action
16/10/2020 - UNICEF has released its revised Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs). Grounded in global humanitarian norms and standards, the CCCs set organizational, programmatic, and [...]
Children Eating Well: Healthy Diets Within Planetary Boundaries - Report of the Children Eating Well (CHEW) strategic workshop
02/10/2020 - The report Diets of children and adolescents: Unlocking gains for human and planetary health summarizes the outcomes of a strategic meeting by UNICEF and EAT in Oslo, March 2020. [...]
Global Panel Foresight Report 2.0 - Future Food Systems: For people, our planet and prosperity
29/09/2020 - This evidence-based report offers policy solutions to improve the quality of diets using a food systems approach through promoting availability, accessibility, affordability, desirability, and [...]
Nutrition-sensitive investments in agriculture and food systems. Budget analysis guidance note
23/09/2020 - This publication outlines methods and actions for countries to monitor nutrition-related spending. It will contribute to understanding the importance and opportunities for countries to use costing and [...]
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 [...]