The Cost of Malnutrition in Lao PDR study is produced by the Centre of Nutrition under the Ministry of Health, with technical support from Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Mahidol University. The study provides evidence on the economic cost of malnutrition in Lao PDR, using an economic model developed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The model has been applied in multiple countries across Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Battle for Healthy Diets is a three-month intervention led by teachers in classrooms. It aims to increase children¡¯s intake of fruit, vegetables and eggs while reducing unhealthy snack and drink consumption. The objectives are for children to: 1) Eat fruit and egg daily; 2) Eat three vegetables daily; and 3) Avoid unhealthy snacks/drinks.
This report presents findings from a study assessing the acceptability of locally blended fortified sticky rice in Lao PDR. Led by the Ministry of Health, the study was conducted with technical support from Â鶹ÊÓƵ, facilitation by the Ministry of Education and Sports, and support from the USDA's McGovern-Dole Program.
Decentralized evaluation of the joint UNICEF-Â鶹ÊÓƵ project Prevention of malnutrition and strengthening of resilience at community level in Burundi, from 2021 to 2026.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Laos Country Office conducted formative research across six provinces in 2025 and 2026 under the leadership of the Ministry of Health of Lao PDR, with support from partners, UN agencies, donors and MAGENTA. The main research report provides the core evidence base, while five complementary documents on gendered behaviours, intersectional barriers, advocacy for reform, policy integration and media communication expand the analysis and translate findings into action. Together, the series frames nutrition as behaviour-driven systems changes, calling for coordinated reform, stronger governance and inclusive communication.
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released by five UN agencies including Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
The Kyrgyz Republic faces a complex and evolving nutrition challenge. Despite progress in reducing childhood malnutrition over the past decade, recent trends show stagnation and even reversal in key indicators.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ has anchored the Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to a complementary nexus approach, in line with the Cameroon National Development Strategy (NDS-30). To complement Government¡¯s efforts towards achieving SDGs 2 and 17, Â鶹ÊÓƵ implements activities that seek to tackle the main causes of food insecurity, create pathways to resilience building and strengthen the local capacities to be able to respond to emergencies appropriately
The 2025 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an up?to?date overview of food security conditions in Lao PDR. Conducted jointly by the Government and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), the assessment was designed to inform evidence?based policies and programmes at a time of increasing climate, economic, and livelihood pressures.
Food fortification provides a cost-effective and life-changing solution to micronutrient malnutrition by adding essential vitamins and minerals such as iron, iodine, vitamins A and B, and folic acid to everyday staples like flour, rice, oil and salt.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Republic of Congo Country Office and covers the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) funded five-year school feeding project under the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program covering the period 2021¨C2026.?
The publication argues for stronger investment in food security and nutrition-sensitive social protection to address worsening global hunger and malnutrition, which disproportionately affect women and children. It emphasizes that achieving nutrition security requires more than food access, including diet quality, care practices, health services, and water and sanitation.
This baseline study was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Ethiopia Country Office for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition project in Ethiopia, which builds on prior USDA support to Ethiopia and runs from September 2024 to December 2029.
The terms of reference (TOR) aim to inform stakeholders about the evaluation, clarify expectations and requirements and guide the evaluation team in its work during the various phases of the evaluation.
This strategic evaluation assessed the relevance, appropriateness and effectiveness of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s approaches to targeting and prioritization for food and nutrition assistance in a time of rising needs and shrinking resources, covering the period from 2019 to 2025.
