Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve

Millions of lives are at risk by closing down USAID. @nickkristof.bsky.social never gets tired of explaing it: “it is easy to solve. There are many, evidence-based inexpensive nutritional steps that could save many lives, and some are astonishingly low-tech” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades.

@nature.com new paper reveals the full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid. 🔎 doi.org/10.1038/d415...

The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades writes @saskiaosendarp.bsky.social
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The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades.

The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid.

Published in @nature.com today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#N4G CSO Pavilion kick-off with @saskiaosendarp.bsky.social , Micronutrient Forum, and Luc Arnaud from French NGO GRET

Children are dying because of the USAID cuts. And more will die when the aid cuts that other donors have announced will kick in and when the rippling effects of the shutdown of malnutrition-, vaccination- and antenatal care programs will be felt.

So true and so sad @nickkristof.bsky.social

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article) A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Strengthening Nutrition for Growth Commitments Across the Nutrition Data Value Chain The Micronutrient Data Innovation Alliance (DInA), a program of the Micronutrient Forum, together with the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NIPN), and DataDENT hosted this 90-minute webinar on February 11, 2025. The session explored strategies for securing commitments at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Paris (March 2025) to support nutrition data and drive actionable policies and programs for achieving global nutrition targets by 2030.

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Knowledge Bytes: Leveraging the Child Nutrition Fund to Advance MMS - Saul Guerrero Oteyza, UNICEF 2nd African Maternal Nutrition and Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) Technical Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya - October 2024

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Standing with you @helenkellerintl.bsky.social and with everyone affected. And our hearts go out to the world’s most vulnerable who are again paying the highest price.

And yes: we will not let them derail our collective efforts to strive for a better world, without hunger and #malnutrition!

The experts of Standing Together for Nutrition (ST4N) of Micronutrient Forum developed consensus recommendations to support climate adaptation and mitigation that will safeguard food and #nutrition
security against worsening #climate risk: micronutrientforum.org/wp-content/u...

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

“To billionaires in the White House, it may seem like a game. But to anyone with a heart, it’s about children’s lives and our own security, and what’s unfolding is sickening.”

@nickkristof.bsky.social nailed it. And the rippling effects will be felt for generations. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

How Trump’s US aid stop-work order affects global food aid Everything we could glean about the chaos the 90-day aid pause has caused for U.S-funded food, nutrition, and agriculture programs.

An absolute disaster in the making! Child malnutrition and related deaths will explode. The world’s most vulnerable are again paying the price. Time to be #StandingtogetherforNutrition again. www.devex.com/news/how-tru...

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating the learning crisis, UNICEF analysis finds on International Day of Education. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Opinion | The World Is a Mess, and It’s Still the Best Time to Be Alive What matters isn’t so much a Trump rant as that children are less likely to die now than at any other time in the history of the world.

“The worst thing that could happen is to lose a child. And 2024 appears to have been the year in which the smallest percentage of children died since the dawn of humanity.” @nickkristof.bsky.social putting much needed perspective to keep focus on all that goes well. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

Image of Earth on right with two red checkmark arrows pointing up. Text to the left reads: "The Countdown’s 2024 report shows global food systems have made some progress worth celebrating: Twenty of the 42 metrics analyzed show improvement since 2000, with major wins in safe water access, vegetable availability, and information transparency."

New Countdown Initiative paper which:
- Presents the first indicator monitoring update across 5 themes (more below)
- Provides an expert elicitation of interactions across indicators.
- Reviews literature & country case studies

Paper: tinyurl.com/CountdownMS
Website: tinyurl.com/countdownweb...

Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data There are many ways to improve the world, but their cost-effectiveness varies immensely. You can achieve a lot more if you rely on the best data on where to donate.

What is an important fact about the world that you wish more people would know?

Here is my answer: If we rely on the best data, many of us can save a child's life.

And here is my article about it.
ourworldindata.org/cost-effecti...

Let’s care about each other and make the world a better place in 2025. Happy Holidays to you all!

📢 The #Micronutrient Forum December 2024 Newsletter is here! Highlights include:

▶️ Regional dialogue in Dakar on complementary foods
▶️ #HMHB's Africa Maternal Nutrition & #MMS meeting outcomes
▶️ New #DInA fortification resources
▶️ #ST4N at #COP29 & CFS 52

📖 Read more: ow.ly/WZpU50UptIs

‘Honger is een verbijsterende ramp, maar er is nauwelijks aandacht voor’ Hongersnood: Als de wereld niet ingrijpt zal het aantal mensen dat honger lijdt nog verder toenemen, door oorlogen en klimaatverandering, aldus Hans Hoogeveen, topadviseur van de voedsel- en landbouwo...

‘#Hunger is an appalling disaster, but hardly talked about’. Honger is een verbijsterende ramp, maar er is nauwelijks aandacht voor’ Hear, hear @nrc.nl www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

A chart in three parts showing data on child mortality to make the points that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."

The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.

All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems.

We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

🗣️Let’s ensure nutrition stays at the top of the EU’s development agenda.

That's why we need the EU to keep nutrition at the heart of its international development cooperation.

Join the call for strong EU leadership to end malnutrition↩️

We can change some short-term household outcomes (like dietary diversity) through behaviour change interventions; but chronic poverty and food insecurity hinder deeper impacts. New paper on research in Uganda.

Free access (until 27 Jan 25):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kECs7sxZ~...

Billions of people suffer from anemia, but there are cheap ways to reduce this In some countries, most children and pregnant women are anemic. There are low-cost ways to tackle this.

“Progress on #anemia has been slow, but some countries have shown it’s possible”. My favorite datasite nailed it again @ourworldindata.org : data driven, nuanced and with an optimistic touch: we can do so much better! ourworldindata.org/billions-peo...

More than two out of three children 6-23 months of age are fed to fail globally. The Micronutrient Forum is working with partners @helenkellerintl.bsky.social @worldfoodprogramme.bsky.social GAIN, SUN, GRET, EU and Expertise France on a regional dialogue for local production of complementary foods.

Multilateralism faces a toxic brew of debt, climate crisis and war. It’s time for a reboot | Mo Ibrahim The stakes are high for donors at next month’s IDA summit in Seoul, but not investing in development means more instability globally

Coming soon,21st replishment talks for IDA. In 2024, US$31.2bn of IDA was committed to low-income countries, 70% going to Africa. That's good. But, "the funding is often there, but without the relevant mechanisms to use it efficiently." Must do better...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Thirty-five million Africans driven from homes by war and climate disasters – report Data shows a threefold increase in internal displacement across the African continent since 2009, with flooding and drought posing a growing threat

Displacement within Africa rose 3-fold since 2009. Imagine, if you can, the next 25 years.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

🌟 The Micronutrient Forum Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies team published a new resource on Balanced Energy and Protein (BEP) Dietary Supplementation during #pregnancy!

Learn more about:

👉 The importance of #BEP
🌍 @who.int recommendation on BEP
🫔 Composition
📚 Evidence

bit.ly/BEPpager

Impact Statement - Micronutrient Forum Our mission is to promote alignment and collective action on vitamins, minerals and other nutrients across sectors by bridging nutrition science, policy, programs, and responsible business practices f...

My first post on @bsky.app had to be about the #Micronutrient Forum. So proud of this team, making an impact in the lives of vulnerable communities by focusing on evidence, collaboration, consensus and collective action. Learn more and support our work! micronutrientforum.org/about-us/imp...