Nutrition for Growth Summit: leaders call for solidarity amid a funding crisis

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.

Paris summit to fight malnutrition opens in midst of a funding crisis

The international gathering hosted by France is the first of its kind since the majority of American funding for humanitarian aid and development has been halted.

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 …

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Somalia’s Health Minister Meets with UK State Minister for Int’l Development

The Minister of Health and Human Services in Somalia, Dr. Ali Haji Adam, who is part of the delegations that attended Nutrition For Growth Summit in Paris, held a high level meeting with UK Minister of State for Int’l Development, Baroness Jenny Chapman. The two ministers discussed ways to advance the health by increasing the funds allocated  to develop Somalia’s health sector. Somalia’s health minister, Dr. Ali Haji has expressed thanks and app…