Dates: 18 to 21 November 2024
Organizers: The webinars are hosted by WHO, UNICEF, and SUN 

Background

2025 is set to be a landmark year for advancing nutrition and well-being. Significant global events will take place offering pivotal opportunity to accelerate nutrition initiatives. The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, hosted by the Government of France from 27-28 March will build upon the momentum from the successful 2021 Tokyo Summit. The World Health Assembly in May will consider the potential extension of the Global Nutrition Targets to 2030. The United Nations General Assembly in September will mark the final year for the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025). And the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Global Gathering in November will provide a crucial platform for countries, donors, and civil society to agree upon investments and coordination in nutrition. These events will shape the global nutrition agenda for 2025 and beyond.

The Paris N4G and SUN Global Gathering will galvanize commitments from governments, civil society, philanthropic foundations, the private sector, donor agencies, and the UN to end malnutrition in all its forms. Many of these commitments will focus on accelerating efforts to reach the WHA Global Nutrition Targets.

On 18-21 November, WHO, UNICEF and SUN will host a webinar series to drive ambitious and impactful country actions by:

• Highlighting the current progress, identifying barriers to achieving the Global Nutrition Targets by 2025, and presenting the suggested extension of the WHA Global Nutrition Targets to align with the 2030 agenda.
• Showcasing best practice examples from countries to inspire others in their journey to commitment-making.
• Focusing attention on high-impact interventions needed to improve nutrition.
• Describing key resources that countries can use to address the priority topics relevant to the scope of Paris N4G and SUN Global Gathering in 2025.

Overview of the week

The week opens with a high-level session focusing on the need to address malnutrition in all its forms, drawing on the Global Nutrition Targets’ interconnectedness and the need for a holistic food, health and social protection system approach. The following sessions will take a deep dive into each of the nutrition targets, celebrate successes in countries and highlight actions needed by 2030. The speakers include UN officials, country representatives, and civil society organizations.

18 November – 12:00 to 14:00 (CET)
Accelerating Progress for 2025 and Beyond: Improving nutrition through bold action in health, food and social protection systems
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SgkkZ4G8S_eI5vFc9O7kSg

19 November – 12:00 to 13:30 (CET)
Wasting in focus: challenges, successes, and a path forward to 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ghc5aQKRpitA1piiZInng

19 November – 15:00 to 16:30 (CET)
Accelerating anaemia reduction: a global health priority for 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TqwE6sCyQPehDMnLuwD_WA

20 November – 12:00 to 13:30 (CET)
Addressing low birth weight: progress, challenges, and next steps for 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X1ylV0QDQZuoyKudrcNILw

20 November – 15:00 to 16:30 (CET)
Exclusive breastfeeding: celebrating successes and accelerating progress by 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QbDyb2F5RYOaJCgi5mZO4g

21 November – 12:00 to 13:30 (CET)
Stunting in focus: challenges, successes, and a path forward to 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vLWcxTuySiyLYvZKnn60LA

21 November – 15:00 to 16:30 (CET)
Accelerating childhood overweight reduction: lessons learned and the path towards 2030
https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lgaq35g-QG6twKa5s5N66w

Audience

National governments, public health professionals and food systems actors, policymakers, international organizations, donors, academia, and NGOs.

Languages

The webinars will be simultaneous interpreted in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian.