Notes & Briefs
WORKING DRAFT: Providing country-owned, inclusive and adaptive technical assistance to SUN countries
Technical assistance (TA) has long been used as a form of development assistance to support countries, however, its success, approach and purpose vary widely. In 2012, the United Kingdom’s Department…
Assessing the functional capacity needs of SUN Movement and CAADP Focal Points
Strengthening the capacity for multisectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration at all levels is a core objective of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. In 2017, both the SUN Movement Secretariat (SMS)…
Gender in Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plans
A core aim of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement is to “ensure equity, equality and non-discrimination for all, with women and girls at the centre of efforts”. To achieve…
Research prioritisation for improving wasting prevention
ENN is embarking on a Research Prioritisation (RP) exercise, for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the MQSUN+ project, on the critical subject of wasting prevention. This short…
MQSUN+: Technical Support for Scaling Up Nutrition
Following on the success of Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition (MQSUN), MQSUN+ (2016-2020) provides technical assistance to: (1) Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) countries and the SUN Movement Secretariat…
Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition Plus (MQSUN+)
From 2012 to 2016, Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition (MQSUN) supported scaling up nutrition efforts at both global and national levels by providing technical expertise on the design,…
Technical Brief: Overweight and Obesity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
In 2015, Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition (MQSUN) conducted a targeted review of the current research on maternal and child overweight and obesity to understand the current situation…
Technical Brief: Urbanisation and Nutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
In 2015, Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition (MQSUN) provided support to the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) to review the current scale of urbanisation and nutrition…
Improving Multisectoral Nutrition Through Targeted Technical Assistance: Pakistan
Pakistan has experienced inconsistent advocacy and political ownership for multisectoral nutrition, which has resulted in a weak enabling environment. As well, challenges with decentralisation and low capacity of government staff…
Improving Multisectoral Nutrition through Targeted Technical Assistance: Bangladesh
Bangladesh has had difficulty aligning nutrition programming with context-specific underlying causes of malnutrition and scaling up high-quality nutrition services through uncoordinated governance structures at all levels. Maximising the Quality of…