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'Reflections on the United Nations draft Global Action Plan on wasting' by Steve Collins. Do not miss it! ennonline.net/undraftglobala… #nutrition #Health

🚨New #IPC report warns that 6.5 million people in #SouthSudan could face acute food insecurity. With sufficient funding, WFP plans to pre-position 190,000 tonnes of food in over 60 warehouses across the country to meet immediate needs & boost resilience over the next 6 months.

🏛️ Parliamentarians attending the #SUNGG19 signed a pledge committing to take action on #nutrition this next year leading up to #Nutrition4Growth2020 & beyond 💪 1st to sign, @SUN_Movement Lead Group @MartinChungong & @IPUparliament Secretary General. @APPGNutrition

The latest issue of Nutrition News is OUT! 📖Read about #nutrition investments in #Mali, the CFS VGs for #foodsystems & nutrition, nutrition achievements in the Philippines, global discussions on healthy & sustainable #diets, and much more!🇺🇳🥗🍎 ➡️tiny.cc/0lp4bz

It's time to confront reality: the world is not on track to achieve the #GlobalGoals of ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. But we can meet this challenge. We're calling for strong political commitments and bold investments for every child. #SOFI2019 uni.cf/2JEsn3G

📚@FAO launched this year's report on the State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the world. Find the summary in our Resource Library: acutemalnutrition.org/en/resource-li… It shows that 7.3% (49.5m) children under 5 are wasted globally, two-thirds of whom live in Asia.

@ValidIntnl and @MokoroLtd conducted a training in Nairobi as part of their long-term monitoring + evaluation of @WFP's sustainable food systems programme in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. Well done!

Study by GIF investee @ValidNutrition (@Steve_Collins_V et al) reveals alternative malnutrition treatments just as effective as milk-based standard for correcting anaemia & iron deficiency, signalling hope for millions of children around the world ✏ link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s…

#nutrition #foodsecurity

One of the many advantages of VALID’s breakthrough Soya, Maize, Sorghum RUTF recipe is in addressing anaemia. We are pleased to confirm this publication: rdcu.be/bHE90 #@Irish_Aid #@GlobalInnovFund #JICA

Valid is recruiting! Please take a look at our vacancies (2 Program Managers; 1 Cost Effectiveness Consultant & Open Call for Nutrition Survey Technician) here validinternational.org/careers/

#WorldFoodSafetyDay #ZeroHunger

This @ENNonline article looks at establishing a threshold for an additional band on MUAC tapes to select acutely malnourished children most likely to require more intensive monitoring/treatment: ennonline.net/fex/60/muaccma… @Tweruntano @kpqpmsf @ctesfai @ALIMA_ORG @theIRC

Congratulations @GNReport for another incredibly crucial resource in the fight against malnutrition. globalnutritionreport.org

Ernest from @ValidIntnl identifies the core challenge in impact evaluations in humanitarian contexts is the need to have good data that is at the core of the evidence architecture. Identifies various new innovations in data collection. #3ieLEW2018

Valid is (still!) recruiting. Please take a look at our vacancy for Director of Programmes here alnap.org/jobs-opportuni…

Valid International are recruiting! one Director of Programmes and 2 Programme Managers. If you'd like to get involved in our innovative, high impact, technical and research projects please visit validinternational.org/careers/