New analysis on nutrition governance
Six case studies examine the political, institutional and governance aspects of delivering a national multi-sectoral response to undernutrition. A new research project, Analysing Nutrition Governance,...
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Child undernutrition in South Asia
Purnima Menon reviews the literature about the drivers of undernutrition in South Asia. Purnima is a Member of Transform Nutrition Steering Group and senior research fellow at IFPRI, based in New...
View ArticleCrucial research addressing the “how” questions
Stuart Gillespie reflects on the crucial role of operational and policy research in addressing chronic undernutrition. As CEO of Transform Nutrition, Stuart plays a leadership role coordinating the...
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Standing on the Threshold: Food Justice in India
Lawrence Haddad, blogs from Delhi where he attended the launch of the Oxfam India-IDS Bulletin, Standing on the Threshold: Food Justice in India. India stands on the threshold of potentially the...
View ArticleMalnutrition is like the Olympics: it has our attention, but for how long?
IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad calls for transparency and accountability to ensure David Cameron's global hunger summit leads to lasting progress... To most of us, the Olympics is a quadrennial...
View ArticleThe hunger summit could be legacy of the games
Justin Forsyth, CEO of Save the Children UK, reflects on the outcomes of the Olympic event of global leaders to secure commitment to tackle hunger and undernutrition. I am glad that, amid all the...
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Go-ahead for Transform Nutrition
In September 2012, Transform Nutrition Research Programme Consortium secured funding for its ambitious research agenda. The five year programme aims to gather evidence that will transform thinking and...
View ArticleIndian TV condemns levels of malnutrition
A report, on Law of the Land TV programme, condemns lack of progress on addressing undernutrition in India. Transform Nutrition researcher, Purnima Menon, comments on the lack of progress in some...
View ArticleThe African Nutrition Congress: Declare the end of the 22nd Century Mindset
Lawrence Haddad reports from the African Nutrition Congress where he finds lots of good ideas, evidence and connections, but wonders how much influence it is generating? It is interesting that not too...
View ArticleStuart Gillespie on Transform Nutrition
Stuart Gillespie, CEO of Transform Nutrition, describes the exciting research programme planned. Stuart outlines the questions that Transform Nutrition aims to answer, and the impact we hope to have.
View ArticleTransforming nutrition on World Food Day
Nick Nisbett, Nutrition fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, assesses the size of the task. Tuesday is World Food Day and – given that world food prices are once again making the headlines,...
View ArticleThe MDGs: Where Does Nutrition Fit?
Lawrence Haddad puts forward some options and asks for your feedback. At a recent nutrition meeting I realised that I don’t yet have a clear idea of where nutrition should fit into the next set of...
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When myth is reality
Stuart Gillespie, CEO of Transform Nutrition, comments on the view held by Dr Arvind Panagariya that India has no reason to be ashamed of its child malnutrition levels. In the 1 December 2012 issue...
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Transforming Nutrition Ideas, Policy and Outcomes 2013
A five day summer course at the Institute of Development Studies, UK will take participants through new ways of thinking about undernutrition and what to do about it. This course is designed for both...
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Transform Nutrition in the news
Kenya: Women-Led Farm Initiative Aims For Peace, Prosperity
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Naming, shaming and praising – Introducing HANCI
This week sees the launch of the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) which measures political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition in 45 developing countries. Partly funded by...
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Do you know someone who has transformed thinking and action on nutrition?
Transform Nutrition in support of the efforts of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement have launched a new initiative to find the 'unsung heroes' of nutrition at national or local levels. Nominations are...
View ArticleHunger and undernutrition what do we know?
New animation video about the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI)
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Nutrition spending: the biggest bang for your development buck
The following post is a modified version of a story that originally was published on IFPRI’s Blog World Hunger. John Hoddinott, Transform Nutrition Research Director, on how $3 billion per year would...
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From Traction to Action
Stuart Gillespie on the new Lancet nutrition series and why June 2013 has to be the turning point for nutrition Following the path-breaking first series in 2008, The Lancet today released its second...
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