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DC Launch of the 2016 Access for Nutrition Index
Last week, the Access to Nutrition Foundation Executive Director Inge Kauer presented the most recent Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) for 2016 at the InterAction office in Washington, DC. The Access to Nutrition Foundation is an independent nonprofit based in the Netherlands, with the objective of assessing and contributing to the improvement of the private…
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Nutrition Discussions a Post-2015 Priority for Civil Society in Uganda
Civil society leveraged the adoption of the SDGs at the United Nation’s Post2015 Summit as an opportunity for global development actors to prioritize critical areas to achieve sustainable development. Much attention was placed on youth leadership, gender equality, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Nutrition gained significant traction as a nexus for health and gender…
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#WorldWaterDay 2017: Poor Sanitation and Hygiene Practices & Services Continue Disproportionately Affecting Women and Children
The death toll has risen past 100 persons outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Few days prior to #WorldWaterDay and the globe’s alert over the senseless and unjust murders near Britain’s Parliament on 22 March 2017, a landfill slide trapped and killed hundreds of helpless persons not far from Ethiopia’s own Parliament. The more concerning element is that these…