by Kate McMahon | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our co-chairs David Mundell MP and Lord Collins have written a letter to Boris Johnson about the UK Government’s commitment at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit. Find the full text below, and the letter here: Letter from the APPG on Nutrition for Growth 16th...
by tom | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Last week, the APPG on Nutrition for Growth met with the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) to discuss how the FCDO can maximise the impact of its nutrition programmes. At the meeting, Tamsyn Barton, ICAI’s Chief Commissioner, and Jonathan France, ICAI’s...
by tom | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting nutrition and what the UK Government can do to mitigate the effects, the APPG held a one off evidence session with experts from the nutrition sector. The expert witnesses were: Danny Harvey, Executive Director, Concern Worldwide...
by tom | Jan 31, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
On Tuesday 28 January, the House of Lords held a ninety minute debate on the Government’s pledge at the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth summit and what they are doing to leverage commitments from other countries. Twelve Peers from all sides of the House spoke in the...
by tom | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized
On Monday in the House of Lords, the Minister for International Development Baroness Sugg was questioned by six Peers on her department’s approach to nutrition sensitive aid programming. Labour’s International Development spokesperson, Lord Collins,...
by Kate Munro | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog, Uncategorized
In 2018 around 2.5 million children died of malnutrition related causes. Despite the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goal to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030 (SDG2), it seems progress has largely stalled. And yet there have been some real and life-saving...
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