GAIN together with the Government of the Netherlands and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Bangladesh, organized the official World Health Assembly 70 side event 'Embodying the future: How to improve the nutrition status of adolescents?'.
GAIN, together with the WHO, co-hosted the World Health Assembly side event titled ‘Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) A Never Before Moment for countries to ACT NOW’, on Thursday, 25 May.
GAIN, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Iodine Global Network (IGN), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), and Effective Altruism Geneva organize the event ‘Towards the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency by 2020’.
In partnership with the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the World Economic Forum on Africa was held in Durban, South Africa, on 3-5 May 2017. The meeting convened regional and global leaders from business, government, and civil society to agree priorities that will help Africa achieve inclusive growth.
The Government of Kazakhstan, USAID, and GAIN co-hosted the first Central Asia regional summit on micronutrient fortification, "Fortify our Future: Regional summit for improving the health of women and children through flour fortification" from 3-4 April in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The event, whose theme was “Reducing Food Losses and Waste: Sustainable Solutions for Africa”, discussed challenges and opportunities in the postharvest management sector in Africa and developed concrete plans for post-harvest food loss and waste reduction in.
The event brought together diverse organisations and thinkers to share ideas and discuss emerging trends in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Europe’s biggest international development saw over 1000 people attend.
A GAIN-led multi sectoral delegation took part in the 4th SANKALP African Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, in February. The event was attended by more than 900 delegates and over 60 speakers from the areas of investment, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Given the pressing challenges posed by raising urbanization across the globe, GAIN, the SUN Business Network (SBN) and the International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI) decided to convene an open conversation on urban nutrition and on improving food systems in developing countries.