In late 2021, the Nutrition Cluster in Burkina Faso reached out to us for technical support. The country was in the throes of crisis as communities faced food insecurity, natural disasters, conflicts caused by armed groups and inter-community tensions and, of course, the COVID 19 pandemic.

Many families were displaced throughout the country. In fact, the…

A theme that has emerged consistently in interviews with professionals from past Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks is the difficulty in knowing how to provide nutritional care in Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs); particularly, what type of nutritional care is feasible and how it can be balanced with the other clinical demands of a high-risk zone. The lack of…

Global Thematic Working Groups (GTWGs), provide a platform for developing timely consensus-driven stop-gap guidance in response to key technical gaps identified by the Alliance. Thematic areas covered by the GTWGs currently include child wasting prevention and treatment, Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE), Nutrition Information Systems (NIS),…

March is a month of reflection upon women’s rights – a time when individuals, groups and organisations translate their hopes for gender parity into calls-to-action. In the nutrition sphere, there are several aspects that negatively impact the health and nutrition of women and girls due to oppressive gender norms and gender-based violence (GBV). One such aspect…

Myanmar has been in a continuous state of civil war since its independence in 1948 after 63 years of British colonization – making it the longest ongoing civil war in the world. In February 2021, the Myanmar military took over power and declared a year-long state of emergency after they were displeased with the election results. The political crisis forged the way…