Giving Compass' Take:

· The Scaling Up Nutrition Movement is continuing to drive efforts domestically while also attempting to bring country-level ambitions through broadening alliances for international donors. News Deeply talks with Gerda Verburg, the coordinator of the SUN Movement, about ways the private sector can play a bigger role in the global effort to end malnutrition.

· In what ways can donors give better to help end global malnutrition? What role does the private sector play in this movement?

· Learn how global urbanization is creating malnutrition problems.

The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which has been instrumental in rallying national efforts to end malnutrition, is now pushing for greater international support and funding to shore up those domestic plans.

Gerda Verburg, the coordinator of the SUN Movement, said the focus of her first two years in the position was building up multi-sectoral alliances at a national level to tackle the problem of malnutrition. As she enters her third year in the position, she says the goal is to broaden those alliances to include more international donors who can help bring country-level ambitions to scale.

She also highlighted the need to build bridges with the private sector – a position that is not popular with some nongovernmental organizations and civil society groups. But working with the private sector could tap into additional resources and encourage systemic reforms of policies that undermine global nutrition goals, she said.

Read the full article about efforts to end malnutrition by Lara Setrakian at News Deeply.