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Can I stand? I feel more powerful when I stand!” - 18 year-old champion @tashawangmwansa at #WD2019. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaas. We hear you and feel you 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #TimeIsNow
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The @SUN_Movement is pleased to announce that the @UN Secretary-General, @antonioguterres, has just appointed @AfshanKhan_ as @SUNCoordinator.
Read more 📰: scalingupnutrition.org/news/…
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Meet the new @SUN_Movement Lead Group members! 24 high-level leaders appointed by @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres and committed to working together🤝to ensure healthy #nutrition for everyone, everywhere by 2030.
👉scalingupnutrition.org/about…
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Let’s ensure better maternal & newborn nutrition today to invest in the prosperity of societies tomorrow. #EarlyMomentsMatter #UNGA
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Never again talk about food security in isolation, talk about nutrition security. It is not only about quantity it is about quality. Only if we invest in people and planet alike will build a great future. And that concludes our beautiful panel 💚🤝🌍 #TimeForAction #COP25
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3.1 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, and 45% of child deaths under 5 are linked to undernutrition.
This isn't just a statistic; it's a call to action!
Join @DrTedros, @WHO & @AfshanKhan_, @SUN_Movement in a powerful message on transforming our #foodsystems.
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@jmkikwete presenting Nutrition Champion Award to Prof Geeta Bahka and Minister Yves Fernand Manfoundi #sungg17
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Standing ovation for @jmkikwete inspiring speech at the #sungg17 plenary about national nutritional plans
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⚠️ #Childwasting is a deadly #nutrition crisis hitting women and young children the hardest. ⚠️
Today, principals of @FAO, @Refugees, @UNICEF, @WFP and @WHO are calling for accelerated progress on the Global Action Plan on Child Wasting.
Learn more: childwasting.org/
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H.E Shinzo Abe, PM of #Japan has announced that he will host the Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2020 focusing on nutritional needs and fighting stunting #investinnutrition #TICAD7 @gatesfoundation @ticad7
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@jmkikwete “we were able to reduce stunting in #Tanzania with collaboration and w/ help of @SUN_Movement“ #sungg17
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🙌 Congratulations 🇿🇲 ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 on launching the 2017-2021 National Food and Nutrition Strategic Plan. @NFNCZambia @mohzambia
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Prioritizing #nutrition through a climate lens 🔍creates stronger, more resilient populations and increases economic productivity, especially in low and middle-income countries.
Thank you @SaniaNishtar for supporting our #COP28 call to action: bit.ly/3NtY01N
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With different countries, sectors & people, we are working together to achieve the same goal: #BetterNutrition4all
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Welcoming desk for participant to the #SUNGG19 @ Kathmandu Airport. 3 days to go!! #investinnutrition
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📆Save the date for the launch of 'The State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World 2023' report.
Join @FAO, @IFAD, @UNICEF, @WFP & @WHO for a discussion on agri #foodsystems transformation, healthy diets and urbanization: bit.ly/SOFI2023
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.@HelleThorning_S Children in emergency settings dont have access to #ECD. Data can help address this gap #EarlyMomentsMatter
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The @SUNCSN National #Youth Coordinators retreat has started📢
20 #nutrition youth activists from all over the world are gathering to exchange ideas & discuss ways forward to ensure #Nutrition4All!
Follow @SUNCSN to meet them and join the conversation!
#YouthLeadersForNutrition
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"Food 🌽🥑🍅 🐟 is considered as a commodity & not as an investment for the future 👉 Nutrition sensitive interventions are also vital if we are to achieve the SDGs, but more evidences are needed w/ increased role of experts, academia etc. @GerdaVerburg during @FoodSystems #FSD
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Not a year.
Not a month.
7,000 newborns die A DAY across the 🌎. Together, we can prevent this. Sign @UNICEF’s petition today → uni.cf/EveryChildALIVE
#EveryChildALIVE
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And the day has arrived!! #SUNGG19 is starting with our beloved Focal Points. Namaste! Welcome to Nepal! It is a pleasure to have all of you here. Now is time to Speak Up and Speak out! #sharingexperiences #sharingchallenges #sharingsucess @GerdaVerburg
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It's World Breastfeeding Week! Take a moment to think about how you can protect, promote & support breastfeeding in your community #WBW2017
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Starting now first panel with @jmkikwete @akin_adesina @monicamusonda @jessfanzo @civicusSG #sungg17 facebook.com/SUNMovement/vid…
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How is nutrition a maker AND a marker of sustainable development? Find out in the latest @SUNCSN advocacy toolkit scalingupnutrition.org/news/…
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Did you know beans are part of the pulse family?
This #WorldPulsesDay 🫘, we're celebrating the power of pulses!
Learn how these mighty crops support #climateaction, #foodsecurity & better #nutrition around the world: sdg2advocacyhub.org/news/wor…
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The @SUN_Movement applauds👏 the President and Government of Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 for proposing the “Year of Nutrition 2022 for Africa”🌍launched today by the @_AfricanUnion, which recognizes healthy #nutrition as a development game-changer for the continent. #2022NutritionforAfrica
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The #nutrition puzzle can be solved by collective efforts: governments + civil society + UN + Donors + Business #SUNGG17 #InvestInNutrition
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🔴LIVE from #DAVOS2020 "The Japan Nutrition for Growth Summit (#N4G) - National actions on food, health & prosperity 4 all'!" w/ @SUN_Movement 's @GerdaVerburg + @GAINalliance @FoodDialogues @FOLUCoalition @CGF_Health @wbcsd @WFP @AGRAAlliance TUNE IN 👉 ow.ly/vsLt50y3eWc
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.@GerdaVerburg "Thank you for making 2017 such an important year for our growing and evolving SUN Movement. Now, let’s roll up our sleeves and make 2018 a watershed year for nutrition!" ow.ly/Ogok30il9vw
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The @_AfricanUnion has just announced 2022 Year of Nutrition for Africa! The @SUN_Movement is ready to support this important prioritization of #nutrition across the continent 🌍.
🔊Listen to statement of support from @UN Ass't Secretary-General & SUN Coordinator @GerdaVerburg
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Our #SUNGG19 Global Village is getting ready!! Can't wait to go through all our @sun_movement member countries and networks' stands. #investinnutrition
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The @UNICEF @WHO and @WorldBank inter-agency team update the joint global and regional estimates of malnutrition among children under 5 years annually - #JME2021 - We are still far from a World without #Malnutrition 👉 ow.ly/doPz50EF5zt
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Who are the global actors in nutrition? Find out in the latest @unscn report! scalingupnutrition.org/news/…
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What better occasion to meet @WFPChief than the celebration of #WorldFoodDay? ⏰🍲
Many thanks to our Lead Group member for the great discussion on #privatesector engagement in #nutrition and #foodsystems transformation pathways.
Together we can ensure #nutrition4all!
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📢It's a wrap! #N4G2021 has come to an end & what a journey🙌🏾
156 stakeholders➕66 countries➕230 commitments = over USD 2⃣7⃣B pledged to #InvestInNutrition -the most ever💪🏾
Big thanks to @nutritionwin @JapanGov & all @SUN_Movement countries & stakeholders for STEPPING UP🌞
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RT @1000days: If a child doesn’t get the right #nutrition in the first #1000days, effects last a lifetime #InvestinNutrition
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“Let me stress, I don’t think nutrition is a top priority of governments today. It’s OUR job to highlight that acute and inevitable increases in poverty will lead to an increase in malnutrition: in anaemia, in stunting and a considerable increase in wasting.” @davidnabarro
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Nutrition is central to the @WorldBank and the human capital agenda @muhammadpate #investinnutrition #TICAD @GerdaVerburg @NEPAD_Agency @jica_direct_en @meerashekar_wb
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📢Big news from #WHA76📢
Member states have just adopted the resolution "Accelerating efforts for preventing #micronutrient deficiencies and their consequences, including spina bifida and other neural tube defects through safe and effective #foodfortification"!
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Would you like to join the the SUN Movement Civil Society Network Steering Group? The @SUNCSN is calling for nominations from committed professionals for positions in the network steering group. ow.ly/bZy030jUuO2
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It’s officially "Year of Nutrition 2022" for 🌍Africa! 🥳Now we need stepped up investments 🪙📈 from the global community and within national budgets to ensure healthy #nutrition🥬reaches everyone across Africa. Take action today!
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#Nutrition fuels brainpower and brainpower drives growth – for children & the economy. That's why we must #InvestinNutrition bit.ly/2o9Ld6K
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Welcome to #Rwanda newly appointed @FAORwanda Head, @CoumbaDSow! The @SUN_Movement team looks forward to working with you to realize #Nutrition4All!
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And that’s a wrap #WD2019! We have been ♥️ wholeheartedly ♥️ #inspired by #ThePowerOf. 🙌🏽 Now the real work begins. Drop 🎤 #YL4N #DeliverForGood @GerdaVerburg @SUNCSN
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“#nutrition is the engine to achieve the #SDGs and the #Agenda2030. (Good) Nutrition is bringing prosperity to the society” @GerdaVerburg
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19 expert individuals from 18 leading organisations call on new stakeholders to join #NutritionManifesto. In this #NutritionDecade, a new global #nutrition movement is emerging that needs 2take the lead in demanding #foodsystems change @TheLancet @WHO @GerdaVerburg
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President @jmkikwete Isn´t now the time to SCALE UP WOMEN's Rights and Nutrition Activism in Africa? #TheAfricaWeWant @MartinChungong @NEPAD_Mayaki #IWD2018 #WeCommit #DoYou bit.ly/iwd2018sunafrica
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RT @1000Days: The 🔑to a healthy brain & body? A strong foundation of good nutrition during those early moments #SUNGG17 #InvestInNutrition
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Over 820 million people hungry when 39% of all people are overweight/obese... something'wrong 🤨 #Nutrition is at the nexus between human and planetary health.🍀 We must take this chance to #BuildBackBetter more resilient, nutrition-sensitive and sustainable #FoodSystems for all.
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#HappeningNOW Members of the #SUNLG engage, inspire & invest in country action for #ScalingUpNutrition buff.ly/2x7XrE1 #UNGA
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We are getting excited and hope you are too! 👏🏾👏🏾
Tomorrow the new SUN 3.0 Strategy will be launched in the beautiful Malawi 🇲🇼with HE President @LAZARUSCHAKWERA as Guest of Honor.
Our Coordinator @GerdaVerburg will of course also be on the scene. Don’t forget to tune in!🏃🏾♀️💨💨
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Great news this Friday! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Congratulations to @WFP for all your work to combat hunger and #InvestInNutrition - from the whole @SUN_Movement family. We could not be prouder or happier with this recognition😍
More👉🏾bit.ly/2FeRcoB
#SUNLG #NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Our #SUNGG19 Global Village is almost ready. Only 1 Day to go!! Looking forward to welcome our 61 member countries and 4 Indian states in Nepal. #investinnutrition
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Good nutrition builds strong immune systems, supercharging children's chances of survival & protects them for life piped.video/watch?v=DUEtpyqJ…
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Well nourished #women and #girls are crucial to building a safer, stronger world #IWD2014 #WomensDay2014
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Great to have you with us @jmkikwete! One of our 29 leaders appointed by @UN Ban Ki-moon to spearhead the fight against malnutrition #SUNLG
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Who will be left at the end of the day, the saying the goes! What a pleasure to start & end this powerful day at #WD2019 with @daktari1 and @DestaLakew - connecting dots to #investinnutrition & #gender in Africa and beyond. Yaaaaas! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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TODAY! 🕧
Join us at Oceania Hall for our Learning Centre #MNF2023 at 12:30 CET: SUN focal points from 🇧🇩 🇪🇹🇵🇭🇸🇱 will explain how they ran strategies to reduce #malnutrition and enhance resilience: scalingupnutrition.org/event…
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.@GerdaVerburg Good nutrition during 1st 1000 days is investing in health of children but also in their cognitive development; to make that possible work of health community workers is vital, thanks for your effort 💪🏿 & thanks to Gov of SL 👏🏿 for the support @WFP_WAfrica
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The @SUN_Movement applauds 👏 the strong leadership of the @_AfricanUnion to designate 2022 “Year of Nutrition” for Africa! Healthy #nutrition🥬builds strong and prosperous communities and economies. #2022NutritionforAfrica
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#Malnutrition = lost brainpower. We must #InvestinNutrition to unlock every child’s potential and boost national economies. The #LeadersforNutrition are ready to act! #ALN
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.@GerdaVerburg "Muchas Gracias Sra. VP @MecheAF por su compromiso con @SUN_Movement y x su labor xa mejorar la nutrición en el Perú. 👏 Bravo x su liderazgo en @FoodForever2020 que trabaja xa devolver la #biodiversidad al núcleo de nuestros #sistemasalimentarios" #PerúSinAnemia
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Are you ready to #powerthechange?
We are thrilled to announce the next SUN Movement Global Gathering, taking place in Rwanda from 24 to 28 June 2024!
Join us to make a lasting impact - #NutritiON: Power the change! 🔛🟢 scalingupnutrition.org/event…
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Coming up this week: "Working together in 2022 towards realizing food and #nutrition commitments"
9 February 2022 16:00 – 17:15 CET
Moderated by @GerdaVerburg of @SUN_Movement
Register here: who.zoom.us/webinar/register…
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Joining forces with @NEPAD_Agency + @NEPAD_Mayaki to support @SUN_Movement countries in transforming agricultural production into food systems that deliver nutritious diets for all #TICAD7 @JosefaSacko @FAO @IFAD @WFP @UNICEF @GerdaVerburg
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The SUN Movement Secretariat is delighted to announce the appointment of Brenda Killen to the role of Director of the SUN Movement Secretariat. Welcome to the @SUN_Movement Ms. @bmnellik #InvestInNutrition @SUNCSN @SUNBizNet @GerdaVerburg
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.@IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report #GFPR2017 is now live! Explore #urbanization as a force in the food system bit.ly/2017gfpr
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And that's a wrap. The 2019 SUN Executive Committee Retreat concludes with Shawn Baker of @gatesfoundation stepping down and Meera Shekar of @WorldBank stepping up as Chair! Thanks for the leadership, passion and commitment to this Movement #InvestinNutrition
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We are #hiring!
💼Join us and become our next Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning/Knowledge Management (MEAL/KM) Advisor!
This vacancy is closing soon - only 10 days left to apply⏰: lnkd.in/eXDkWgzc
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Great news! Busia County in #Kenya launched its #nutrition Action Plan today, a first costed action plan at subnational level! 💪💪💪 Made possible w/ support of @NutritionIntl, @USAID, HKI, @acf, @SUN_Movement CSA Kenya, National MoH & many government departments. 👏👏👏
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Exciting news📰for the #nutrition community!
📢@UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres has just appointed @unicefchief as @SUN_Movement Lead Group Chair!
Read more:
scalingupnutrition.org/news/…
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Have we got some 🌞SUNny🌞 news for you!
UN SG🇺🇳 @antonioguterres has appointed 27 global
nutrition🥦champions as members of our Lead Group. Check it out👉🏾bit.ly/2l4aFOO
Tomorrow, they'll gather for their 1st meeting!
#SUNLG #InvestInNutrition #UNGA74 #WatchThisSpace
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Gender inequality is both a cause and effect of malnutrition, hunger and poverty.
This #InternationalWomensDay 🚺we must #EmbraceEquity and #InvestInNutrition 𝗳𝗼𝗿 women and 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 women.
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This week is #WorldBreastfeedingWeek.
Through universal breastfeeding, each year we can:
🤱🏿avert the death of over 820,000 children and 20,000 mothers;
🤱🏽save US$300 billion.
We must #StepUpForBreastfeeding!
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Happy to announce that @SUN_Movement and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa @AGRAAlliance have just strengthen our collaboration. SUN Coordinator @GerdaVerburg singing with AGRA's president @Agnes_Kalibata #InvestInNutrition @RAkufoAddo
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Being a #parent is the hardest and most important job in the world 👪.
The first @1000Days from pregnancy 🤰🏿to age two 👶🏽are crucial for brighter and healthier futures.
This #ParentsDay, we raise the importance of investing in good #nutrition during the #First1000Days window.
ALT Photo credits: @UNICEF
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This #AfricaDay, the @SUN_Movement celebrates the leadership of the @_AfricanUnion and African Heads of State and Government, in designating 2022 as #YearofNutrition for Africa 🌍.
Today we call on all players to join us in promoting the Year of #Nutrition for Africa 🫱🏿🫲🏼
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My friends. We are all the SUN Movement. You are all the SUN Movement. And I am humbled to be here, with you. Let's carry the spirit of Kathmandu in your heart, and your mind. YOU ARE AMAZING @GerdaVerburg @SUN_Movement #SUNGG19
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Hands up if you’re loving #SUNGG19! #61DaysOfSUN later we made it, to the 5th #SUNGG, hosted by the 5th ☀️SUN ☀️ country #InvestInNutrition
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Let the countdown begin! In exactly 24 hours, 12 of our greatest #nutritionchampions will gather in #Stockholm to prepare for the @EATforum. The only question remaining is, we are #nutritionchampions, are YOU‼️🙌🏾To learn more 👉🏾scalingupnutrition.org/?p=16….
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Leaders are mobilizing action for #nutrition at the #GlobalNutritionSummit on Nov 4. Stay tuned for more. bit.ly/2l7l1wL
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RT @wfp: The right nutrition during a child's first 1,000 days has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn and thrive 🍏💪
World Food Programme
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Starting now with @EATforum @NEPAD_Agency - Nourishing Africa through Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems: Launching the EAT Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health! Featuring @GerdaVerburg @NEPAD_Mayaki @G_stordalen #AUSummit
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Are you ready 🌞SUN lovers🌞all over the🌎?! Each day until the end of our ‘family reunion’ #SUNGG19 we'll showcase some of our favorite photos & achievements from our 61 countries, making it #61DaysOfSUN. We kick off with its host, #Nepal. Learn more 👉🏾 bit.ly/2m6mjJb
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The impressive youth group – incl. @SUNCSN youth leader @Khunga_Mike, Vice-Chair of @FoodSystems action track 5 – is representing at the #UNFSS2021. 🙌🏾
If anyone can inspire us to engage and #InvestInNutrition for the future we want, it is YOU.
#YL4N
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It's been 4️⃣ years since @SUN_Movement held its last 🌍 Gathering. The long wait is over - #SUNGG2024 is here! Will you be one of the 1000+ representing the now 6️⃣6️⃣ SUN countries? #NutritiON #PowerTheChange
📅 24-28 June, 2024
📍 Kigali 🇷🇼
🔗 scalingupnutrition.org/event…
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📣"Unless we have sustainable food systems, we can not achieve the development goals." -- Francesco Branca, @WHO Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety.
📺Watch live now: bit.ly/3HFadf6
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The @SUN_Movement Annual Lead Group Meeting 2022 is getting underway right now at @UNICEF HQ in NYC. Members are taking advantage of the live meeting to reconnect and reaffirm their commitments to #Nutrition4All and #InvestInNutrition
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More than 3000 adolescents die each day from largely preventable causes. We can & must do more @WHO AA-HA! OUT NOW scalingupnutrition.org/news/…
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“We have the data and know-how to build a 🌍where hunger has no home — including through stronger #foodsystems, and massive investments in food security and improved #Nutrition4All” @antonioguterres, @UN Secretary-General.
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EU Commissioner @JuttaUrpilainen 🇪🇺 at the #SUNLG meeting
"I am delighted to see youth leadership at the core of the news strategy SUN 3.0
To improve #nutrition we need to improve our food systems, we need a global transition to sustainable food systems"
@EU_Commission
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We are hiring!
Apply to join our hubs & support countries achieve their nutrition goals:
💼Country Action Specialist Asia lnkd.in/etZtKnKt
💼Country Action Specialist Anglophone Africa lnkd.in/ee7rQKXZ
💼Country Action Specialist Convergence lnkd.in/ea8wE4Tp
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#DYK that #breastfeeding helps households, companies and Governments save money?📈🤱
Today we shine a light on #ElSalvador's 🇸🇻 new study, showing how exclusive breastfeeding reduces #healthcare expenses & enhances public health.
Learn more: ow.ly/K5Ib50PnovR
#WBW2023
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Minister of Finance #Rwanda: "We have prioritised nutrition in our investments. We are convinced malnutrition is an obstacle to human development.This requires special attention by Government. It requires resources and experience sharing #TICAD7 #investinnutriton
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Will you be at #UNGA72? Find out about the food security and #nutrition related events here! scalingupnutrition.org/wp-co…
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