Nearly all African countries improved levels of child nutrition between 2000 and 2015 but disparities persist across and within countries according to researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation—at current rates, no country will meet the Sustainable Development Goal target to end malnutrition by 2030. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, responded to the […]
Featured Resources: Week of February 26
What are the cost and benefits of ending hunger and undernutrition? A brief from IFPRI researchers examines the differences among alternative approaches and quantifies them. Estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks range from US$7 billion to US$265 billion per year. Additional highlights from this week’s Compact2025 News in Brief include: The Applied […]
Featured Resources: Week of December 4
The SUN Movement Annual Report 2017 highlights the progress in SUN countries and achievements of SUN networks and nutrition champions, as well as the challenges that still need to be addressed. In 2016-2017, countries including Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Myanmar, and Nigeria reported significant declines in the number of stunted children. However, more work is […]
Featured Resources: Week of November 20
During the recent 31st ASEAN Summit, leaders of the ASEAN member states adopted a Declaration on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition. The declaration recognizes the “urgent need to accelerate evidence-based multi-sectoral actions, and scale up interventions to reduce and ultimately end all forms of malnutrition, particularly among the most vulnerable, poor and disadvantaged groups of […]
Featured Resources: Week of October 23
Recognizing the critical role of knowledge and innovation to rapidly end hunger, undernutrition, and poverty, IFPRI and the Governance Innovation Unit (GIU) of the Prime Minister’s Office of Bangladesh signed an agreement on October 4 to create a Compact2025 Knowledge and Innovation Hub (K&I Hub) in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is one of Compact2025’s focal countries, committed […]
