High-level UN group aims to help countries improve nutrition

(PHOTO: IRIN) (HN, 4/11/12) - High-level officials tasked by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with promoting good nutrition have agreed to focus on ensuring programs supporting nutritional sustainability produces tangible results, & that resources for country-led actions are coordinated, aligned, transparent & accountable.  The group was appointed by Mr. Ban to serve as “strategic guides” for the SUN Movement, a global initiative that aims to improve maternal & child nutrition focusing on the critical 1,000-day window between pregnancy and a child’s second birthday, when proper nutrition can mean the difference between health & sickness, life & death.  Among the group’s members are the leaders of Mozambique, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Namibia, Nepal & Nigeria.  The 1st meeting of the Lead Group for the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement was chaired by Anthony Lake, the Executive Director of  UNICEF & brought together 27 leaders of countries, organizations & sectors working to improve nutrition.  (Read more at UN News Centre)