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The Lancet — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:02 +0000

Global Targets to Improve Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

Thousand Days — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:01:29 +0000

How a CRS Program Drastically Reduced Child Malnutrition in Southern Haiti

Yesenia — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:12:57 +0000

Since the start of a Catholic Relief Services nutrition program in southern Haiti, the child malnutrition rate in targeted communities has been reduced from 30 percent to 3 percent. The “Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Program” (MCHN) works with a network of community volunteers and takes an integrated approach to set up rally posts, strengthen health centers and create mothers’ clubs. The video below tells the story. For more information, visit the MCHN page.

Originally published by Catholic Relief Services

Building Advocacy for Community Nutrition in Guatemala

Yesenia — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:57:03 +0000

Alejandro Chilisná Botón is a trained community health facilitator and advocate for integrated care of women and children in the community. He is also a councilman in the Guatemalan municipality of Cunén, Quiché, where he works on budget approval and helps decide government community development priorities. Chilisná works to ensure that nutrition interventions are a priority for his region: “a community cannot escape poverty if its residents are not well-nourished. That is the basis for the proper development of human beings.”

As a result of training delivered through USAID projects, Alejandro Chilisná Botón, a municipality councilman in Guatemala, is a strong advocate for maternal and child nutrition in his community.

Chilisná was trained as part of USAID-funded nutrition interventions that have been implemented in Guatemala since 2000, through the Calidad en Salud, Health Care Improvement, and Nutri-Salud projects implemented by University Research Co., LLC (URC). These programs address an urgent need: half of Guatemalan children under 5 years of age are chronically malnourished, creating life-long consequences for their health, education and productivity. USAID has been working with the Ministry of Health to establish sustainable improvements in health and nutrition service delivery, and conducting training on nutrition-related behaviors has been a cornerstone of the program. USAID support has enabled the training of 16,000 healthcare workers and child caregivers to promote positive behaviors and improve nutrition.

Through USAID-funded interventions in Guatemala, a health promoter councils a mother on child health and nutrition.

Now, in collaboration with the new USAID Nutri-Salud project, Chilisná is advocating to implement the seven essential nutrition actions (ENA) in local health facilities. The ENAs are an integrated package of cost-effective actions proven to reduce maternal and child malnutrition and associated death and diseases by focusing on the 1,000 day “window of opportunity” (i.e., during pregnancy and the first two years of a child’s life, when ENA can prevent malnutrition). He explains, “We want to achieve changes in the knowledge and feeding practices of women…[by educating them] in their native language so that the message is right.”

Submitted by URC University Research Co., LLC – CHS Center for Human Services

The Future of Agriculture: debate the experts

Yesenia — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:37:16 +0000

The Future of Agriculture: debate the experts

Join Oxfam’s global online policy discussion

December 10-21, 2012 at blogs.oxfam.org/future-of-agriculture

Forecasts indicate world food production must grow at least fifty per cent by 2050, to feed a population of nine billion people. Can this be done in a way that eradicates hunger and preserves the environment?

The second in Oxfam’s online discussion series will tackle this very question from Monday, December 10 to Friday December 21, at http://blogs.oxfam.org/future-of-agriculture .

Two new essays will be posted daily, and every day will feature YOU, responding to the experts’ ideas and sharing your own. All essays and comments will inform an Oxfam discussion paper to be published in 2013.

To conclude the discussion, Indian sustainable development expert Sonali Bisht and U.S. author Roger Thurow will provide overall analyses and draw out key recommendations.

Please spread the word and join the discussion!

For more information contact Jim French, jfrench@oxfamamerica.org

InterAction Forum

Yesenia — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:52:48 +0000

The annual InterAction Forum serves as a venue for leaders and innovators of NGOs, governments, philanthropy, corporations and civil society to come together and forge common solutions that focus on our work to improve the lives of the world’s poor and marginalized and that move us toward a world that works for all.

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UN Commission on the Status of Women

Yesenia — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:50:32 +0000

Priority theme: Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls

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DaveHaft — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:33:22 +0000

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Three ways you can help in the fight against malnutrition

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Despite the economic and scientific evidence supporting the importance of good nutrition early in life, nutrition programs and policies remain critically under-recognized and under-funded. This makes malnutrition more than just a health or development problem – it is a political one – which is why 1,000 Days is working with our partners to move nutrition to the top of the global development agenda.

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IMosf — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:28:05 +0000

Get Involved

with 1,000 Days

Three ways you can help
in the fight against malnutrition

Learn

Get the essentials

Join the 1,000 Days movement by helping to build awareness about the critical 1,000 day window of opportunity. Our toolkit includes information and helpful resources that showcase how investing in early nutrition can save lives, improve health and drive long-term economic growth.

Give

Invest in 1,000 Days

Despite the economic and scientific evidence supporting the importance of good nutrition early in life, nutrition programs and policies remain critically under-recognized and under-funded. This makes malnutrition more than just a health or development problem – it is a political one – which is why 1,000 Days is working with our partners to move nutrition to the top of the global development agenda.

2013 Hunger Report: Within Reach—Global Development Goals

DaveHaft — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:47:41 +0000

David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, invites you to join him to launch Bread for the World Institute’s 2013 Hunger Report: Within Reach—Global Development Goals on the morning of November 19^th at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

A panel of experts will discuss the report’s recommendations in light of the process of agreeing to a post-2015 agenda and a new set of global development goals. Along with David Beckmann, panelists include Hon. Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar, Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania; and Stephan Bauman, President/CEO of World Relief. The panel will be moderated by Ndimyake Mwakalyelye, Host of Voice of America’s daily television show In Focus.

Event Information
Monday, November 19, 2012
9:30-11:00 a.m. ET

National Press Club
(Murrow, White, and Lisagor Rooms)
529 14th St., N.W., 13^th floor
Washington, DC 20045

A light breakfast will be served beginning at 9:00 a.m.

RSVP: Cheryle Adams: cadams@bread.org.