Guidance & Tools
COVID-Sensitive Nutrition Marketing Messages for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in SUN Countries
In early May 2020, a survey of food system small and medium enterprises (SME) in 17 countries was conducted by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) through national Scaling…
Supplemental guidance for the SUN budget analysis
Since 2015, budget analysis work based on the SUN Approach has been conducted by 50 countries and has provided valuable insights into the nature of government spending allocations to nutrition-specific…
Approaches for Nutrition Costing and Financial Tracking in SUN Countries
Since 2013, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries have made major strides to bring together different stakeholders from multiple sectors to align national efforts to end malnutrition. There is a growing…
Assessing readiness for costing of a common results framework or national nutrition plan – Excel Template
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement is a global movement to catalyse country action towards ending malnutrition in all its forms. Member countries commit to developing a framework to prioritise…
Assessing readiness for costing of a common results framework or national nutrition plan – Guidance Note
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement is a global movement to catalyse country action towards ending malnutrition in all its forms. Member countries commit to developing a framework to prioritise…
GUIDANCE NOTE: Subnational Budget Analysis for Scaling Up Nutrition
The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement’s 2013 State of the SUN Movement Progress Report outlined the importance of resource availability for meeting nutrition goals and the challenges of tracking financing.…
Subnational Budget Analysis for Scaling Up Nutrition: An overview of subnational government financing in SUN countries
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries have been conducting national government budgetary expenditure analysis of nutrition-specific (e.g., school feeding programmes) and nutrition-sensitive (e.g., water and sanitation projects) investments. As of 2016,…
Multisectoral Planning for Nutrition
This guidance note focuses on the basic requirements for effective multisectoral planning towards common nutrition results. The process involves determining common pathways for sectoral strategies and aligning sectoral plans to nutrition targets.…
How to Estimate the Costs of Nutrition-sensitive Actions in a Common Results Framework: A Guidance Note
The development of a common results framework (CRF) is a complex process which includes but is not limited to: agreeing on common goals with sectoral partners; development of operational plans;…
Nutrition Topic Guide
This topic guide has been compiled to provide an overview of undernutrition in the context of development. It covers the nature, scale and complex range of causes of undernutrition and…