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Podcast: What is ‘stunting’ and why should we act?
An episode from the podcast series Research for the Real World hosted by UCL featured Professor Lynn Ang and Dr Jessica Massonie, two IOE members involved in the ‘Action Against…
Action Against Stunting Day 2022 – Summary
Last month we were delighted to host our second Action Against Stunting Day event at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This event, unlike last year, took the…
Action Against Stunting Day 2022
#TransitionNutrition Roughly 149 million children worldwide under the age of five are stunted meaning their growth and development are impaired. Stunted children may never reach their full potential for physical…
Prof Heffernan’s response to the UK Government’s new commitment to global nutrition
‘We were delighted to learn of the UK Government’s £1.5 billion commitment to nutrition over the next eight years. This funding will support nutritional equity for some of the world’s…
First Action Against Stunting Day
#StandUpToStunting Last year, 149 million children under the age of five were stunted. Of these children, more than half live in Asia and a further 40% live in Africa. Some areas…
Statement on the £120m UKRI funding cut by Professor Claire Heffernan
Statement on the £120m UKRI funding cut by Professor Claire Heffernan, PI of the Action Against Stunting Hub and Director of the London International Development Centre Evidence-based intervention is…
Launch in Senegal
Prof Babacar Faye interviewed by the press in Kaffrine. The article was originally published on APS – Agence de Press Senegalaise in french. You can read it…
Nutrition needs joined-up thinking to weather food shocks
This article originally appeared on Sci.Dev.Net Newsletter. Sign up here! Nutrition needs joined-up thinking to weather food shocks By Gareth Willmer Cross-cutting strategies that tie nutrition to wider agricultural, health…
Tribute to Prof Val Curtis
In Memoriam
First Annual Meeting
On the 9th and 10th of June 2020 the Hub held the first Annual Meeting. Representatives of the different workpackages and counties discussed the past year, the challenges and opportunities,…