SUN is a unique

Movement
founded on the principle
that all people have a
right to food &
good nutrition.
 It unites people
from governments, civil society,

the United Nations, donors,

businesses & researchers –
in a collective effort to
improve nutrition.
 together
we can achieve
what no single effort could,
and make the world a
healthier, stronger
place for us all.
Why nutrition? The facts

Over 165 million children under 5

are stunted as a result of malnutrition.

• 52 million children are too thin and require special

treatment.
• At the same time, 43 million children are overweight -
some as a result of poverty, when families are unable to
afford a balanced, nutritious diet.

• 2 billion people are deficient in key vitamins & minerals

Why nutrition?
Because when..
Children receive
Girls & women are Children
proper receive
nutrition
well-nourished and proper nutrition and
have healthy
and develop
develop strong
newborn babies strong
bodiesbodies
& minds&
minds

The world is a Adolescents learn

Communities & safer, more better & achieve
nations are resilient & higher grades
productive & stable stronger place in school

Families & Young adults are

communities better able
emerge out of to obtain
poverty work & earn more
A smart investment

• Nutrition investments can

help break the cycle of
poverty and increase a
country’s GDP by at least
2 to 3% annually.

• Investing $1 in nutrition
can result in a $30 return in
increased health, schooling
and economic productivity.
Experts agree

The Copenhagen Consensus

2012 Expert Panel of world
renowned economists
identified the smartest ways to
allocate money to respond to
ten of the world’s biggest
challenges.
They agreed that fighting
malnutrition should be the
top priority for policy-
makers & philanthropists.
“One of the most compelling
investments is to get nutrients
to the world’s undernourished.
The benefits from doing so – in
terms of increased health,
schooling, and productivity –
are tremendous,”
-Nobel laureate economist
Vernon Smith
The causes of malnutrition are
interconnected
Lack of good
Inadequate access to
CARE
Insufficient access to
affordable, nutritious
HEALTH
FOOD for mothers &
sanitation & clean
water services
throughout the year children &
support for mothers on
appropriate child feeding
practices

ROOTED IN
Political & Cultural
Poverty Disempowerment
Environment of women
The SUN Movement
recognizes that chronic
malnutrition – or stunting - has
multiple causes.

That’s why it requires People and

Programmes to work together
to put nutrition into all development
efforts, and develop sustainable
solutions that work.
Nutrition-sensitive strategies increase the impact of
specific actions for nutrition
Specific Actions for Nutrition
Feeding Practices & Behaviors:
Encouraging exclusive breastfeeding
up to 6 months of age and continued
breastfeeding together with
appropriate and nutritious food up to
2 years of age and beyond
Fortification of foods: Enabling access
to nutrients through incorporating
them into foods
Micronutrient supplementation:
Direct provision of extra nutrients
Treatment of acute malnutrition:
Enabling persons with moderate and
severe malnutrition to access effective
treatment
Nutrition-Sensitive Strategies
Agriculture: Making nutritious food more
accessible to everyone, and supporting
small farms as a source of income for
women and families
Clean Water & Sanitation: Improving
access to reduce infection and disease
Education & Employment: Making sure
children have the nutrition needed to
learn and earn a decent income as adults
Health Care: Access to services that
enable women & children to be healthy
Support for Resilience: Establishing a
stronger, healthier population and
sustained prosperity to better endure
emergencies and conflicts
Across all approaches –
SUN supports equity for women

At the core of all efforts,

women are empowered
to be leaders in their families and
communities, leading the way to a
healthier and stronger world.
Countries are at the center of scaling up nutrition

Countries around the

world have committed
to making
nutrition a priority

& global partners

are working together
to support the
efforts of SUN countries.
The SUN approach – starting in 2010

• The Scaling up Nutrition Movement relies on national leaders

taking ownership and responsibility for delivering
sustainable solutions to improve nutrition in their countries.

• Through country-led efforts that focus on equity and realization of rights,

SUN countries are enabling women, families & communities
to create stronger foundations for their people & transforming the
future of our world.

• SUN enables countries to take a collaborative approach

bringing together the people & resources needed to rapidly
scale up nutrition-specific interventions as well as implement
cross-sector strategies that are nutrition-sensitive.
The SUN approach

Within each
country a
SUN Focal Point
is identified

Country
governments
lead national
efforts to scale
up nutrition.
The SUN approach
The Focal Point brings people together in a
multi-stakeholder platform

Technical Civil Society

Community

United
Donors
Nations

Government
Business
Partners
The SUN approach

The multi-stakeholder
platform

Works to align and

coordinate action
across sectors. Social
Health
Protection

Women’s Agriculture
Empowerment
Development
Education & Poverty
Reduction
The SUN approach
These efforts are underway
Using a unique approach that
in all SUN countries works for each country.
Together the combined efforts of all
Multi-sector, multi- countries make up the core of the
stakeholder platform
Movement - The SUN Country Network
The SUN approach
Global Networks
With overall support and
of stakeholders shift coordination provided by the
resources & SUN Secretariat
align actions to support and
country efforts. SUN Lead Group

Country
Network

Civil Society United Nations

Network Network

Donor Business
Network Network
SUN country success in reducing stunting
Top 11 SUN countries with the fastest rates of
reductions in stunting.
Country 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Latest AARR Data Source
Mauritania   39.5           28.9 23.0     18.0 18.0 7.5% SMART 2011
Ghana       35.6     28.1   28.0       28.0 4.9% DHS 2008
El Salvador       24.6         19.2       19.2 4.8%  FESAL 2008
Mali   42.7         38.5       27.8   27.8 4.6% DHS 2006
Peru 31.3         29.8   28.0   24.0   19.5 19.5 3.9% DHS 2011
Nepal   57.1         49.3         40.5 40.5 3.4% DHS 2011
Burkina Faso       43.1     44.5     35.1   34.6 34.6 3.3% DHS 2010
Bangladesh 57.2 55.4 53.5 49.8 51.0 47.8 47.0 43.0       41.3 41.3 3.1% DHS 2011
Uganda   44.8         38.0         33.4 33.4 2.9% DHS 2011
Ethiopia 57.8         50.7           44.4 44.4 2.4% DHS 2011
ENSMI
Guatemala 50.0   54.3           43.4       43.4 2.2% 2008-09

These countries have had an annual average rates of reduction (AARR) greater
than 2.2% over the last 10 years.
How has stunting been reduced?
How has stunting been reduced?
In Peru
• Reduction in stunting adopted as national goal
• Major social programmes targeted to the poorest
• Comprehensive health insurance system implemented
• Increased Government budget allocated for nutrition

In Nepal
• Political commitment and engagement by main sectors (Health, Education,
WASH, Agriculture and Local Governance)
• Government budget for nutrition doubled

In Ethiopia
• Large scale program to improve access to health posts in remote and
drought- stricken areas
• Provision of safety nets for vulnerable families
• Treatment of severe acute malnutrition expanded
Making progress
Within each country, SUN Movement stakeholders are brought together around
4 key processes: progress is reviewed every six weeks

Creating Political and Incorporating Best Practices

Operational Platforms,
with strong in-country leadership &
1 shared multi-stakeholder spaces
where people come together to align
their activities & take joint
responsibility for scaling up nutrition.
into National Policies
for scaling up proven
interventions; including the 2
adoption of effective laws
& policies

Align Actions Across Sectors

3 around high quality and well-
costed country plans, with an
agreed results framework and
mutual accountability.
Increasing Resources and
Monitoring Implementation 4
for coherent, aligned, effective
action and maximum impact.
Making progress – examples

Creating Political and

1 Operational Platforms

GHANA KENYA
Minister for Public Health and
Political commitment to fight
Sanitation, Hon. Beth Mugo
against hunger and
officially launched Kenya’s
malnutrition has been
Nutrition Action Plan (2012-
strengthened when the First
2017) at the National SUN
Lady of Ghana supported the
Symposium.
SUN Movement launch.
Making progress – examples

Incorporating Best Practices

2 into National Policies

HAITI BURKINA FASO

The nation-wide flagship
Infant and young child
nutrition program was
feeding is being
launched to fight hunger
addressed by the road
and malnutrition.
map for improved
nutrition that aligns
national programs in
key sectors.
Making progress - examples

Aligning Actions Across

3 Sectors

NEPAL
The Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Plan
was endorsed by the Cabinet
with a common results
framework where all ministries
have agreed on a set of essential
nutrition-specific and nutrition-
sensitive interventions.

UGANDA
A Nutrition Action Plan is scaling
INDONESIA
up multi-sector efforts for a Cash transfer programmes to
protect poor families are scaling
strong nutrition foundation for
up and are being linked to the
Uganda’s development.
delivery of nutrition services.
Making progress - examples

Increasing Resources and

4 Monitoring Implementation

MALI
All regions of Mali received
funding for nutrition in 2012.
TANZANIA
The Ministry of Finance now
includes planning and budgeting
for nutrition at level of national
and local authorities.
GUATEMALA
The national Zero Hunger plan was
launched with a specific budget line
for addressing undernutrition during
the 1,000 days between pregnancy
and a child’s second birthday.
Tracking and reporting impact

Establishing targets to measure impact: Countries are encouraged to

establish their own targets for nutrition goals in the following areas:
• Universal access to affordable nutritious food, clean water, sanitation, healthcare and
social protection
• Increased adoption of practices that contribute to good nutrition (such as exclusive
breastfeeding in the first six months of life)
• Optimal growth of children, demonstrated as reduced levels of stunting (low height for
age) and wasting (low weight for height)
• Improved micronutrient status, especially in women and children, demonstrated as
reduced levels of micronutrient deficiency

Annual SUN Movement Progress Report: Released in September each

year by the SUN Movement Secretariat, the report provides updates on
progress in achieving the Movement’s goals and strategic objectives.
Supporting global impact

Together, countries and supporting stakeholders are

collectively working to reach the global targets set out by the
World Health Assembly 2012 Resolution:
40% reduction of the global number of
Target 1: children under 5 who are stunted

Target 2: 50% reduction of anemia in women of

reproductive age

Target 3: 30% reduction of low birth weight

Target 4: Increase exclusive breastfeeding rates in

the first 6 months up to at least 50%
Target 5: No increase in childhood overweight
Target 6: Reducing and maintaining childhood
wasting to less than 5%
SUN principles of engagement
Be transparent all stakeholders to transparently and honestly demonstrate the
about impact: impact of collective action.
Be inclusive: through open multi-stakeholder partnerships that bring proven
solutions and interventions to scale.
act in line with a commitment to uphold the equity and rights of
Be rights-based: all women, men and their children.

Be willing when conflicts arise, as can be expected with diverse partners

to negotiate: working together, hold the intention to resolve conflicts and
reach a way forward.

Be mutually act so all stakeholders feel responsible for and are held collectively
accountable: accountable to the joint commitments.
Be cost effective: establish priorities on evidenced-based analysis of what will have
the greatest and most sustainable impact for the least cost.
to learn and adapt through regular sharing of the relevant
Be continuously
critical lessons, what works and what does not, across sectors,
communicative: countries and stakeholders.
Managing conflicts of interest

Conflicts of Interest within the Movement are primarily

handled at the country level guided by national legal
frameworks.
As needed:
• Guidance is provided by the Secretariats of specialized UN system
agencies and other multi-stakeholder bodies.

• The 2012 World Health Assembly resolution 64-6 on Maternal, Infant

and Young Child Nutrition used as one of the starting points to resolve
conflicts.
 The SUN Movement evolves.
The Movement grows to
33 countries & a high-
level group of 27
international leaders
SUN builds are appointed to the
momentum and SUN Lead Group &
commitment for endorse the SUN
scaling up Movement Strategy The way forward.
nutrition – for 2012-2015
19 countries join
SUN Framework for the Movement.
Action is developed
& endorsed by over
100 global entities
– establishing the
foundation for the
Movement.

2012 Moving into 2013, SUN

will focus on mobilizing
resources behind
2011 national movements, to
achieve measurable
progress & impact.
2010
The SUN Movement
is growing in numbers & strength

100+ global stakeholders

are providing support to
34 countries
with the opportunity to reach
60 million stunted
children
34 countries: 11 progressing well
ASIA In 11 SUN Countries (indicated in RED)
BANGLADESH the rate of chronic malnutrition (or stunting)
in children under 5 years is reducing at
INDONESIA more than 2% per year
KYRGYZSTAN
AFRICA
LAO PDR
NEPAL BENIN MADAGASCAR RWANDA
SRI LANKA BURKINA FASO MALAWI SENEGAL
YEMEN BURUNDI MALI SIERRA LEONE
LATIN AMERICA CAMEROON MAURITANIA TANZANIA
ETHIOPIA MOZAMBIQUE UGANDA
EL SALVADOR
GAMBIA NAMIBIA ZAMBIA
GUATEMALA
GHANA NIGER ZIMBABWE
HAITI
PERU KENYA NIGERIA
Together….
We are revealing what
has been hidden to all.

We are making healthier

& stronger societies.

Our goal is a better

world for all
…especially our
children
Thank you