About this event
From child stunting, to anaemia among girls and women, to adult obesity - malnutrition continues to affect an ‘unacceptably large number of people’ around the world. The newly released Global Nutrition Report, 2021 warns that, “The high human, environmental and economic costs of continuing our current trajectory are so significant that we will pay a far higher price if we fail to act”. With the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit quickly approaching, making the investment case for nutrition has never been so timely or pressing.
This event is an N4G accredited session on ‘Building investment cases for nutrition interventions: rationale and experience
’, jointly organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
UN Nutrition and the World Health Organization
(WHO), and moderated by the United Nations Interagency Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases
(UNIATF). The event will take place virtually from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (CET) and will explore how such analyses and data can be used to fuel country-level advocacy for greater investments in nutrition adapted to national contexts.
In this event, you will hear from experts and country representatives about how investment cases for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), developed by UNDP, WHO and UNIATF, under the Global Joint Programme to Catalyze Multisectoral Action on NCDs, have been used for diet-related policy changes and legislation, including fiscal measures and changes in packaging and labelling requirements.
