US EditionNutrition for Growth Summit: leaders call for solidarity amid a funding crisis
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For Action Against Hunger, one of the challenges of the international nutrition summit, which is being held until Friday in Paris, will be to find new funding after the withdrawal of American aid. Caroline Antoine is a health and nutrition manager at the NGO.
After Japan in 2021, France is organizing the 3rd edition of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, Thursday 27 and Friday 28 March. Destined to give new impetus to the fight against malnutrition that affects more than 700 million people around the world, the meeting has already mobilized $27 billion in pledges to try to stop this scourge.
Nutrition for Growth Summit: leaders call for solidarity amid a funding crisis
A major summit to discuss global efforts to tackle malnutrition kicked off in Paris. The meeting comes as international humanitarian organisations face a funding crisis sparked by the Trump Administration halting a majority of the US's foreign aid programmes. Plus, Canada's Prime Minister said the United States was no longer a reliable partner in trade, as governments around the world weigh responses to Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on cars.
While international aid budgets are under strain, Emmanuel Macron stressed the urgent need to combat malnutrition, calling this issue "a fight for peace and the planet." After the first day of the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris, financial commitments reached €25 billion. A global scourge, from the South to the North More than 2.8 billion people are suffering from malnutrition around the world, according to the UN. This figure includes not …
Read a quick summary generated by AI × Summary of the news: Edenred has announced a global alliance with the United Nations through the ShareTheMeal solidarity application of the World Food Programme, during the "Nutrition for Growth" summit held in Paris. The initiative aims to mobilize 60 million Edenred users in 45 countries to raise funds to fund more than 100,000 meals, demonstrating how technology can serve solidarity and social impact. Wi…
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