Notes & Briefs

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) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) independently initiated the development of functional capacity building programmes for SUN and Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme […]

September 13, 2019

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 this by 2020, as highlighted in the SUN Movement Strategy and Roadmap (2016-2020), all SUN countries are striving to (SUN Movement Secretariat, 2016): Have equitable […]

May 15, 2019

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 document is intended to provide information about why this exercise is important, what our approach will be and to let people know how to participate. […]

October 10, 2018

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 (SMS) to catalyse multisectoral country efforts and build local capacity to scale up nutrition impact, and (2) the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) to maximise […]

September 26, 2018

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, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based, nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming and policies. Following on the success of MQSUN, MQSUN+ (2016-2020) provides technical assistance to the United […]

Where Business and Nutrition Meet: Review of Approaches and Evidence on Private Sector Engagement in Nutrition

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) encourages private sector investment in strengthening ‘national and global food systems to make nutritious diets more affordable and accessible to the poor, in particular for women, adolescent girls and children’ and in ‘healthier and more productive workforces […] as part of […] responsible and sustainable growth strategies’ […]

June 15, 2018

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 in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC); identify recent trends and context-specific risk factors to better understand how to prevent overweight and obesity; and to identify […]

June 10, 2018

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 in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and the predicted trends up to 2030, to appraise what works in urban settings and how this context differs […]

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 have exacerbated the situation—making it even more complex to coordinate, manage and monitor the nutrition response within provinces. Maximising the Quality of Scaling Up Nutrition […]

March 10, 2018

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 Scaling Up Nutrition (MQSUN) provided a range of technical assistance to the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bangladeshi government between 2011 and 2016 […]

February 10, 2018