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The Power of Nutrition is dedicated to helping children grow to their full potential. Read on to find out more about what we’re doing.

20 July 2017

Innovative Nutrition Foundation Makes Three High Profile Appointments

Announcement

19 September 2016

Investment Index

Announcement

21 July 2017

Excited to have @ LordJohnBrowne @Mike_Rann @WFPErtharin on board to help us #InvestInNutrition & transform lives

@gofundnutrition

21 July 2017

Meet 3 new leaders from business, politics & #globaldev helping us innovate to #InvestInNutrition #CSR #innovation

The importance of investing in Liberia’s health system after Ebola

In 2016, we launched our 2nd country programme by investing in the scale-up of a UNICEF programme to provide vital assistance to the Liberian Government after the country’s health system was devastated by Ebola. Our funding is supporting evidence-based nutrition…

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19 June 2017

Seeking sustainable solutions to famine and undernutrition

Across Africa and the Middle East, 30 million people are at risk of starvation. Famine has been declared in South Sudan, while Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia also face devastating food crises.1 Furthermore, millions in Niger, Chad, Ethiopia and Kenya need urgent…

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2 May 2017

Spotlight on Nutrition at the World Bank, April 2017

24 March 2017

Proud to be working with @comicrelief to fight #undernutrition on #RedNoseDay @gofundnutrition @rednoseday

@gofundnutrition

16 December 2016

Iain Simpson to join as director of communi-cations

Announcement

18 November 2016

Q&A with The Power of Nutrition

21 October 2016

The Biggest Bet in Philanthropy Today Isn’t About Charity – It’s About Investment

Martin Short

Blog

17 October 2016

.@MartinWShort of @gofund nutrition talks on the importance advocacy and awareness of not just problems, but solutions to solve them #APF16

@APForg

11 October 2016

#investinnutrition Babies born to mothers 19 years or younger are 46% more likely to be stunted. #InternationalDay oftheGirl @gofundnutrition

@complexmix

19 September 2016

Nutrition in the Global Agenda Series

Announcement

13 September 2016

Alvaro Bermejo appointed to Board of Directors

Announcement

6 September 2016

I am pleased to join vital effort to help children get the nutrition they need for health and success.

@davidnbull

6 September 2016

David Bull CBE Appointed to Board of Directors

Announcement

30 August 2016

Strategic investments, the private sector are drivers of development in Africa

World Bank Group

News

10 August 2016

One Girl, Two Lives

4 August 2016

.@gofundnutrition already delivering results in #LIBERIA & #Tanzania #InvestInNutrition #Rio2016

@Dfid_nutrition

6 July 2016

President Sirleaf Welcomes The Power of Nutrition to Liberia

Executive Mansion

News

30 June 2016

Tackling Child Under-nutrition in Post-Ebola Liberia

Announcement

14 June 2016

More financing, new alliances key to driving progress on child nutrition

2016 Global Nutrition Report

News

18 May 2016

Sarah Dunn heading up partnerships & brands team

Announcement

8 April 2016

Childhood stunting: the most damning issue in development

Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group

News

5 April 2016

‘Decade of Nutrition’ declared

United Nations

News

27 January 2016

Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi to head investments team

Announcement

1 January 2016

REPLAY @worldbank @CIFFchild @DFID_UK @UBS Optimus Fdn launch #Powerof Nutrition fund http://wrld.bg/Wt5ae

@worldbank

30 October 2015

Join the team

Announcement

27 October 2015

#Data on child malnutrition: In #Africa, there has been a 23% rise in child stunting since 1990: http://wrld.bg/TPeZB #PowerofNutrition

@worldbank

20 October 2015

If we invest in the 1st 1000days in a few years we’ll see we didn’t spend any money at all b/c it pays for itself #powerofnutrition #SUNGG15

@ThousandDays

20 October 2015

Martin Short: #powerofnutrition will support countries with real political will + real $$$ commitment. #SUNGG15

@Jo_Lofty

22 September 2015

New @UNICEF @WHO @WorldBank estimates on child #malnutrition find 159M children are stunted #PowerofNutrition #SDGs

@worldbank

31 July 2015

First investment: $20m to fight child under-nutrition in Tanzania

Announcement

13 July 2015

FT singles out the Power of Nutrition

Shawn Donnan, World Trade Editor, Financial Times

News

1 July 2015

Martin Short appointed as CEO

Announcement

11 June 2015

The Power of Nutrition: path-breaking innovative financing mechanism

Bértrand Badré, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group

News

6 May 2015

The Power of Nutrition

Film

1 May 2015

Three reasons we’re at the table and other takeaways from the Power of Nutrition launch

Phyllis Costanza, CEO, UBS Optimus Foundation.

Blog

30 April 2015

Great! “@CIFFchild: Miss the #PowerofNutrition launch? Learn more about how good #nutrition can save kids’ lives”

@tambraraye

23 April 2015

The impacts of good #nutrition are clear – @ciffmichael. Unleash the #PowerofNutrition

@CIFFchild

17 April 2015

Promises, Promises… How Are We Doing on Malnutrition?

Huffington Post

Blog

17 April 2015

Unleashing the Power of Nutrition

RESULTS UK

Blog

17 April 2015

New Fund to Support Nutrition Programs for Children

Voice of America

News

16 April 2015

Sri Mulyani

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16 April 2015

Phyllis Costanza & Raj Kumar

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16 April 2015

Tony Lake

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16 April 2015

Finance minister of Tanzania gets the #PowerofNutrition as a mother & as someone responsible 4 one of fastest growing economies in Africa.

@asmalateef

16 April 2015

New $1B global fund targets child nutrition

USA Today

News

16 April 2015

Tony Lake: #Nutrition is one of the very best, cost-effective contributions you can make to human development @UNICEF #powerofnutrition

@WBG_Health

16 April 2015

Full panel

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16 April 2015

“Working together with Power of Nutrition is a critical partnership to ensure that every child and every nation can reach their full potential.”

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director & COO, World Bank Group

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16 April 2015

Justin Forsyth

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16 April 2015

Power of nutrition launch, April 2015

Highlights

16 April 2015

Phyllis Costanza

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16 April 2015

@raj_devex – “donors don’t need to knock on the @WorldBank door: they can contribute through the #PowerofNutrition”

@Jo_Lofty

16 April 2015

Audience

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16 April 2015

By unleashing the #PowerofNutrition, we can save up to 3m #children’s lives every year

@UNICEF

16 April 2015

Keith Hansen

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16 April 2015

Minister Hand Shake

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16 April 2015

Power of nutrition launch, April 2015

Full webcast

16 April 2015

“Donors are looking for leverage, impact, innovation & scale,” says @UBS’s Phyllis Contanza. #PowerofNutrition

@devex

16 April 2015

Ethiopia

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16 April 2015

Michael Anderson

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16 April 2015

Let’s #finishtherace to eliminate kids dying from malnutrition. I see a #Rio2016 #olympics campaign in the making! #PowerofNutrition

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16 April 2015

A grown child cannot shrink – Keith Hanson @worldbank reminds us of the lasting #PowerofNutrition

The Power of Nutrition is dedicated to helping children grow to their full potential. Read on to find out more about what we’re doing.

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