Malnutrition in the OIC Member

Countries: A Trap for Poverty

COMCEC

Table 1: OICMember Countries in the SUNMovement

Bangladesh

Guinea-Bissau

Pakistan

Benin

Indonesia

Senegal

Botswana

Ivory Coast

Sierra Leone

Burkina Faso

Kyrgyzstan

Somalia

Burundi

Mali

Sudan

Chad

Mauritania

Tajikistan

Comoros

Mozambique

Togo

Gambia

Niger

Yemen

Guinea

Nigeria

Although SUN is an international effort, the SUN Movement is driven by its member

countries. All stakeholders supporting the SUN Movement are committed to the idea that by

transforming individuals' behaviour to align behind national nutrition priorities, they can

amplify the reach and impact of every stakeholder's work and scale up nutrition in a faster,

more equitable and sustainable way. This requires action across sectors, with people from

different stakeholder groups and at all levels - from national, district to the community level to

reach the farthest and most vulnerable people.

A key strength of the SUN Movement's efforts so far has been its ability to inspire 57 country

level movements that are making nutrition a political priority through social mobilisation,

advocacy and communication efforts.

Over the past decade, global and country recognition of the threat that malnutrition poses to

the health and future development of children, and therefore societies, has grown

exponentially.

The importance of a concerted approach is now widely accepted, involving:

• Multiple stakeholders, led by Governments, supported by the UN, Civil Society,

Business, Academia and Donors

• Multiple sectors, including health, agriculture, women's empowerment, planning,

social protection, education and more

• At multiple levels, from the highest levels of government to local community

leaders.

Multi-sectoral planning

As highlighted in the previous section, it is now widely recognised that nutrition is a multi

sectoral issue and therefore requires the collaboration of multiple sectors to successfully

address the nutrition burden.

In South Asia, the World Bank took action against malnutrition through the development of a

regional strategy which combined an increase in awareness and funding with multi-sectoral

convergence.