- 08/06/2023
Malnutrition is a major public health problem, for which global development assistance current falls far short of needs. As such, it is important to consider non-traditional sources and mechanisms to increase the funding available to support nutrition, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where the burden is highest.
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Learn about the newly available diet quality data for 56 countries and access country-specific data collection tools on Dietquality.org. The website offers interactive features, ready-to-use survey modules, and an indicator calculator for analysing data. Join the webinar to explore these tools and engage in discussions.
Geneva, Switzerland
This high-level event is being held in the sidelines of the 76th World Health Assembly advances the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which officially launched at the 2022 Global Climate Conference (COP27).
- 13/04/2023
This paper discusses the critical importance of expanding 'food systems infrastructure' as a necessary pre-condition for improving access to healthy and sustainable diets in low- and middle-income countries. It proposes a tractable definition of food systems infrastructure, highlights deficits that have yet to be addressed, and lays out a generic way forward to accelerate infrastructure accumulation.
Online, Global
Global conflicts, drastic climate change, economic slowdown among other factors have led to a food crisis of a humongous nature. According to a report of the World Food Programme, as many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night.
- , India
The Global Dialogue on Food Systems Transformation is being held on April 20-21, 2023, with the objective of engaging industry stakeholders in G20 countries to shape the future of food systems and showcasing implementation models for food system transformation.
- 23/03/2023
The review demonstrates that designing policies to holistically address underlying drivers of inequity would require data disaggregated at the level of relevant social groups, with adequate geographic granularity, as well as qualitative data from the perspectives of affected people spanning food environments, socioeconomic information, and the food security, nutrition, and health issues that policies target.