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Dear Colleagues, Apologies for the delay of the April newsletter, we have a lot to share with you and we needed to make sure we captured it all in this issue. Below, you will find updates on the conflict in Ukraine and the urgent situations in both Somalia and West and Central Africa; a field story from Madagascar; links to the 2022-2025 GNC Strategy, the 2022-2025 Advocacy Strategy, and our newly launched GNC Learn Platform. Please get in touch if you have your own resources that you would like to share – or suggestions for other features you feel should be included in this newsletter. Just email gnc@unicef.org.
From the GNC and the Alliance Team |
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Update on UkraineThe intensity of the armed violence in Ukraine is having a severe humanitarian impact on the population. Mothers and children especially pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, infants, and young children are the most vulnerable groups. Click below to read more about the Ukraine Nutrition Cluster’s work. |
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Urgent Action Needed to Avert Risk of Famine in SomaliaWidespread and rapid deterioration of the food security and nutrition situation requires the scale-up of coordinated, multi-sectoral efforts to save lives and build resilience. |
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Prioritising Emergency Response Preparedness: Global Nutrition Cluster supports countries to plan for potential humanitarian crisesThe ENN April 2022 Field Exchange Issue 67 put a spotlight on the GNC. This article describes how an ongoing nutrition-smart programming approach was employed by the African Development Bank and harnessed as part of its COVID-19 response intervention. |
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Urgent action needed to holistically address child malnutrition in West and Central AfricaAn estimated 6.3 million children aged 6-59 months will suffer from wasting in six Sahel countries in 2022, putting the lives of at least 900,000 children at risk, warns the West and Central Africa Nutrition working group. |
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| Supporting IYCF-E and CMAM in Nicaragua In November 2020, Nicaragua was hit by two major hurricanes, Eta and Iota. Three million people and 60% of the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (RACCN) were affected. In the initial months after the disaster, nutrition was not a priority focus of the emergency response efforts. Among the most vulnerable groups affected by this were pregnant women, infants, and children under 5.Click below to read more about how the Alliance provided remote support to the response in Nicaragua. |
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Call-out to countries – do you have your own stories to share?
We would love to publish them – please get in touch by sending a short summary to gnc@unicef.org. |
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Want to learn more about the GNC Technical Alliance? Check out our video below, if you haven’t already, to find out who we are, what we do and how we work… |
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Technical Support Team: Spotlight |
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The GNC Technical Support Team (TST) refers to the 20 personnel, including deployable personnel and helpdesks, available to provide Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) technical support. |
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| The 2022-2025 GNC Strategy The GNC strategy for 2022- 2025, underscores the continued commitment by all GNC partners and by UNICEF as Cluster Lead Agency, to ensure quality, rights-based and context-specific nutrition programming and coordination, informed by evidence and innovation. |
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The 2022-2025 GNC Advocacy StrategyThe 2022-2025 GNC Advocacy Strategy is intended as a strategic framework for a coordinated approach to the delivery of GNC advocacy efforts. Developed to complement the 2022- 2025 GNC Global Strategy, it directly relates to its third strategic objective (SO3) —Building an enabling environment. |
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| IYCF-E Ukraine Key Messages Early and accurate communication on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) can save lives by supporting, promoting and protecting the nutrition of infants and young children in an emergency situation. The Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group Advocacy and Communication Working Group for Ukraine, developed some key messages for both Health care workers and Parents and Caregivers. |
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The GNC Operational support dashboardThe GNC support dashboard is an information management tool that visually tracks, analyzes and displays key performance indicators regarding GNC support to priority countries, including progress of the e-learning platform. Please note, the dashboard only reflects what has been reported and actual numbers may be higher than they appear. |
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Webinar: “MAMI Pilot Implementation” When: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 @ 1pm London/ 3pm Aden time The GNC Technical Alliance and ADRA Yemen are happy to invite you to the webinar MAMI Pilot Implementation. The objectives of this webinar are to share learning from ADRA’s MAMI pilot and to inform MAMI programming within, and beyond, Yemen. |
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What: Hybrid virtual/in-person event When: Monday May 23 5:30-7:30 PM GVA On behalf of the International Rescue Committee and World Vision International, we have the honor to invite you to attend a hybrid virtual/in-person event during the upcoming 75th World Health Assembly, "Tackling the Crisis of Acute Malnutrition: Improving Treatment Coverage." |
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What: Health in Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) at Johns Hopkins University When: Summer Course (11-22 July) The HELP course is offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in joint collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and for the January HELP course, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. For more than 25 years, the HELP course has offered humanitarian workers intensive training in the public health principles of disaster preparedness and disaster management. The course was founded to apply public health principles to the humanitarian needs of populations affected by disasters, both natural and conflict-related. |
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The new WHO report on the scope and impact of digital marketing for the promotion of breastmilk substitutes will be launching on Friday, April 29th 2022. The event will be streamed twice. The webcast will be available to view on the WHO website after the launch along with the report. |
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ZIF, the German Centre for International Peace Operations, has a current recruitment open for Nutrition specialists. Please note there is no deadline to apply. |
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Technical Officer: Quality assurance for specialised food - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Location: Any MSF office* and/or teleworking according to local practices and policies
Contract: Fixed contract at 80% (to be revised at end of contract)
Duration: 6 months (to be revised at end of contract)
Starting date: ASAP
Deadline to apply: 12 May 2022 |
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Are you a skilled and passionate individual with experience in communications and digital marketing? The GNC Technical Alliance is looking for a consultant to provide support for external communications to elevate the visibility of the Alliance. |
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