1.0https://actfordev.org/frenchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GUo8bB1imm"><a href="https://actfordev.org/french/nutrition/">Nutrition</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://actfordev.org/french/nutrition/embed/#?secret=GUo8bB1imm" width="600" height="338" title="« Nutrition » — " data-secret="GUo8bB1imm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! 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The Movement is unique in the way that it brings together different groups of people – governments, the civil society, the UN, donors, businesses and scientists. As well as focussing on relevant targets for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, SUN countries and their supporters are working towards the World Health Assembly targets on maternal, infant and young child nutrition by 2025. In September 2017, Afghanistan joined the the 59 SUN Countries and 3 Indian States that form the SUN Movement.  In 2019, AfD successfully applied to the SUN Movement Pooled Fund. The Pooled Fund concept aims to strengthen the capacity of non-governmental systems in SUN countries. The intended outcome of AfD’s project under the Pooled Fund Window 1 is to strengthen the Afghanistan Civil Society Alliance (CSA) in order to ensure that by the end of 2020 there are SMART, costed, multi-stakeholder Nutrition Plans in place.  To achieve this goal, AfD is working with a local implementing NGO – Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation (ARHO), who currently lead the Afghanistan CSA. Strengthening the Afghan Civil Society Alliance (CSA) The AfD SUN Movement Pooled Fund Project 2019-2020 aims at strengthening the Afghan CSA (CSAs advocate for an increased focus on nutritional outcomes in national policies and programmes, as well as working to ensure that civil society efforts to tackle malnutrition are alligned with national plans). As such, the project started with a mapping exercise to identify those Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Afghanistan that are involved in nutrition and other related sectors at both national and sub-national level.  Reaching out to these organisations to include them in the Afghan SUN Civil Society Alliance membership ensures that the full range of CSOs are included and actively engaged in scaling-up nutrition at country level. SUN CSN Asia Coordination Group AfD is a member organization of the SUN CSN Asia Coordination Group (ACG) and therefore provides support by advocating for nutrition to be kept on the global agenda, especially during the Covid19 pandemic. The SUN CSN ACG is a group of 13 Civil Society Alliances (CSAs), established in January 2017, to enable continued collaboration among CSAs in the Asia Region for effective implementation of national nutrition plans through information sharing, knowledge exchange and implementation of joint advocacy opportunities. Led by the SUN Civil Society Asia Coordination Group (ACG) with support from the SUN Civil Society Network Secretariat, campaign activities will be implemented with the support of SUN Civil Society Alliances in the Asia region and globally. Nutrition Can’t Wait Campaign The SUN CSN ACG has launched the #NutritionCantWait campaign in August 2020, initially focusing on breastfeeding and complementary feeding of young children, in line with World Breastfeeding Week 2020. The first phase of the campaign will run until December 2020, focusing on these thematic areas: the right to Food and Nutrition; the importance of Maternal, Adolescent, Infant and Young Child Nutrition; breastfeeding and complementary feeding; full compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS); sustain, maintain and scale-up essential health and nutrition services for all, particularly for young children and pregnant and lactating women. Check the launch of our #NutritionCantWait Advocacy Campaign here: SUN CSN Asia launches campaign or: SUN news The #NutritionCantWait campaign featured on the SUN Movement August newsletter: SUN Newsletter August 2020 Roundtable Discussions on Nutrition In February 2020, AfD and the Afghanistan Human Rights Organization (AHRO) held the first round-table discussion as part of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Pooled Fund Project.The SUN Movement, Afghanistan Civil Society Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (ACSA-FSN), and World Health Assembly (WHA) nutrition targets for 2025 were amongst the topics discussed. In March 2020, AfD together with AHRO and Action Against Hunger (ACF) conducted a second round table discussion on the issue of chronic malnutrition (stunting) in Afghanistan. In July 2020, AfD conducted a virtual 3rd roundtable discussion on nutrition in Afghanistan; the webinar, led by Save the Children, focused on anaemia. The 2 hours event saw participants being divided into small focus groups, with discussions focusing mainly on ways to improve the situation in Afghanistan. Family MUAC Projects 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has particularly impacted women and children’s health in Afghanistan, putting many at severe risk of malnutrition. In order to help improve uptake of services for malnutrition at community level, Action for Development has launched a new project specifically designed to provide quality training to Community Health Workers (CHWs) in the Family MUAC approach. The first phase of the program took place in Kabul, at AfD’s field office, in September 2020, when 4 female health workers received ‘Training of Trainers’ training in “Family MUAC” from Dr Dashti, of the Public Nutrition Department (PND). The next phase of the program will be carried out in 5 provinces: Kabul, Daykundi, Bamyan, Panjshir and Jowzjan. During this phase, 500 CHWs and 200 caregivers will be trained in the Family MUAC approach. This project is funded through top-up funding made available by the SUN Movement Pooled Fund. For more information on the family MUAC approach: https://www.acutemalnutrition.org/en/Family-MUAC Bamyan In mid-October the team of trainers travelled from Kabul to Bamyan province where they embarked on the first training sessions.  Training was provided to 120 CHWs and 40 caregivers over 8 health facilities in 3 districts.  Heads of clinics and Community Health Supervisors (CHS) also joined the training sessions. MUAC tapes were distributed and each trained CHW received a copy of the IYCF counselling cards. Dykundi Next the team travelled to Dykundi province where they noted that the long distances to be covered between health facilities was a challenge. Notwithstanding the distances, the team was able to provide training to 120 CHWs and 45 caregivers in 3 districts.  Ten volunteers from a health in the community group also joined the training.  The CHWs and CHS noted the need for Family MUAC training inhttps://actfordev.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-10-26-at-15.23.55.png464330