by Kate Munro | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
In 2018 around 2.5 million children died of malnutrition related causes. Despite the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goal to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030 (SDG2), it seems progress has largely stalled. And yet there have been some real and life-saving...
by tom | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a Lords debate on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Baroness Manzoor, one of the APPG’s co-chairs, gave a speech outlining how nutrition underpins the SDG agenda as a whole. Using DfID’s Child Development Grant Programme as a case study,...
by tom | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a Parliamentary debate this morning, MPs from all parties urged the Government to put nutrition at the centre of efforts to meet Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the idea that all people should be able to access the health services they need without suffering...
by tom | Jun 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
On 24 June 2019, the Nutrition for Growth APPG was launched at at event in the House of Commons. Lord Collins, one of the APPG’s co-chairs, welcomed over 70 NGO representatives, Parliamentarians and Government officials into the Jubilee Room, where he set out...
by tom | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
On 6-7 June, APPG members travelled to Rome to meet with the Rome Based UN Food and Agriculture Agencies (RBAs) and then to Geneva, to meet with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) secretariat. The purpose of the trip was two-fold....
by tom | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
On 21 May 2019, the APPG on Nutrition for Growth held its inaugural AGM. The meeting was attended David Linden, Greg Hands, Jess Morden, Stephen Twigg, Lord Collins, Baroness Primarolo, Baroness Manzoor, Jeremy Lefroy and Kerry McCarthy. David Linden was elected as...
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