{"id":2653,"date":"2019-03-26T13:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gracamacheltrust.org\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:38:55","slug":"madagascar-takes-a-stand-to-accelerate-actions-towards-improving-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/featured\/madagascar-takes-a-stand-to-accelerate-actions-towards-improving-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar takes a stand to accelerate actions towards improving nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe title=\"Invest in Nutrition:  3% in 3 Years \u2013French Version\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZrwBptadds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The East and Southern Africa Civil Society Nutrition Alliance (ESA CSN) launched the Nutrition Report in Antananarivo, Madagascar on the 26<sup>th<\/sup> of March,2019. With support from our partners CARE International, SUN Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) Secretariat and Global Citizen, the three-day event brings together 30 participants from nine ESA CSN countries. The report is a great advocacy tool that holds governments accountable to nutrition commitments that they made in their budgets. <a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/2018\/08\/20\/east-and-southern-africa-esa-national-budget-commitment-to-nutrition\/\"><em><strong>Read more on the report here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2654 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-300x158.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-300x158.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27474%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20474%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27474%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-200x105.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-300x158.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-400x210.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-500x263.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-600x315.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-700x368.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-800x420.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3-1024x538.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3in3.jpeg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below are some key highlights of the launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2657\" style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2657\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-300x225.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27717%27%20height%3D%27538%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20717%20538%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27717%27%20height%3D%27538%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.11.23.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>ESA CSN Members in Antananarivo for the Madagascar launch of the ESA National Budget Commitment to Nutrition.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2659\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2659\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2659\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-300x294.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"697\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27697%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20697%20683%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27697%27%20height%3D%27683%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-200x196.jpg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-400x392.jpg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu-500x490.jpg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vitu.jpg 540w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Vitu Chinoko representing CARE presenting the regional findings of the report. He presented an analogy: \u201cIf we don\u2019t address issues of malnutrition in Africa, it is very unlikely that Africa will ever win the World Cup.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2660\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2660\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2660\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27644%27%20height%3D%27859%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20644%20859%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27644%27%20height%3D%27859%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-14.16.45-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"859\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>A copy of the French version of the report focused on Madagascar.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2666 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-300x225.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27759%27%20height%3D%27569%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20759%20569%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27759%27%20height%3D%27569%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-320x240.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.09.32.jpeg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top policy recommendations that were made;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop pathways to achieve 3% of nutrition budget in 3 years starting 2019 through integrated planning (#3in3)<\/li>\n<li>Call for transformation of agriculture system for dietary diversity and nutrition sensitive programming<\/li>\n<li>Make farm subsidy programmes climate and nutrition sensitive. Malabo #10% commitment to Agriculture and #1% for R+D<\/li>\n<li>Governments should leverage on donor support to nutrition and increase their share for sustainability of the results<\/li>\n<li>Exploit political will to institutionalize the nutrition agenda<\/li>\n<li>Investing in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and women empowerment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2664\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2664\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2664\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-300x287.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27721%27%20height%3D%27690%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20721%20690%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27721%27%20height%3D%27690%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-200x191.jpg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-400x383.jpg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader-500x479.jpg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wash-leader.jpg 540w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Presentation report on the Case of Madagascar was Water Aid\u2019s Aurel Rabehanta who said, &#8220;We are calling for more investment in Nutrition and WASH national wide&#8221; she added the<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2665\" style=\"width: 723px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2665\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2665\" src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-300x229.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-300x229.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27713%27%20height%3D%27544%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20713%20544%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27713%27%20height%3D%27544%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-200x153.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-400x305.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-500x382.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-600x458.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-700x535.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-768x587.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09-800x611.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-26-at-10.38.09.jpeg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Nutrition Programme Manager for Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust, Rachel Toku-Appiah commented that the partners must continue to use the currently available structures and resources and to avoid creating the burden of starting on new ways or reinventing the wheel.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-2667 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27763%27%20height%3D%27693%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20763%20693%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27763%27%20height%3D%27693%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nutrition-300x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"763\" height=\"693\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/nutrition\/\">Read more on our nutrition programme<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East and Southern Africa Civil Society Nutrition Alliance (ESA  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[742,4,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-featured","category-nutrition-highlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.gbstudio.co.za\/gmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}