WEBINAR: Launch of Nutrition for Growth Year of Action

14 December 2020. Nutrition for Growth Year of Action

Global leaders commit more than US$3 billion to address hunger and nutrition crisis

The Nutrition for Growth Year of Action is a year-long effort to continue the momentum to tackle malnutrition in the lead up to the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Japan in late 2021. The Year of Action provides a historic opportunity to transform the way the world tackles the global challenge of malnutrition.

The event featured appearances from global nutrition champions including:

• Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF;
• Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
• Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Food System's Summit;
• Gerda Verburg, United Nations Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator of the SUN Movement;
• Andrew Morley, CEO World Vision International