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No Wasted Lives
Description/achievement of initiative

The No Wasted Lives Coalition supports the scale-up of treatment and prevention efforts for wasting in children. No Wasted Lives aims to: • Double the proportion of children who receive treatment for wasting by 2020; • Drive innovation for treatment of acute malnutrition to support country-led scale-up; • Mobilise new funding for acute malnutrition; • Make prevention and treatment of wasting an urgent multi-sectoral development priority (i.e. health, early childhood development, etc.) Action against wasting is central to child health and survival, educational achievement, economic development, and prosperity for all.

Implementation methodologies

By driving efforts that fall under the following Core Actions, we can support the achievement of 2020 No Wasted Lives outcomes and the Sustainable Development Goals to end wasting and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Evidence Generation, Dissemination, and Uptake Prevention and Treatment Landscape Transformation Resource Mobilisation Regional and National Advocacy and Engagement Global Communications and Advocacy

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

The movement to combat wasting requires engagement and action from across sectors, and No Wasted Lives intends on being a highly participatory platform that enables catalytic experiences, commitments, and efforts to come to the forefront for sustained impact. No Wasted Lives is a growing Coalition of partners. It was started by founding institutions Action Against Hunger, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the innocent foundation, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF, and World Food Programme (WFP). The Coalition now also includes: • COALITION PARTNER GROUP Institutional members of the Coalition Partner Group pursue strategic dialogue, planning, and collaboration opportunities with other partners at global, regional and/or national levels. Coalition Partner Group institutions are committed to the sharing of information about any plans and actions that directly contribute to achieving No Wasted Lives goals, as well as inter-agency collaboration opportunities at national, regional, and/or international levels • PROGRAMME ADVISORY COUNCIL The No Wasted Lives Programme Advisory Council is comprised of seasoned, senior leaders who provide high-level, non-technical strategic guidance to the No Wasted Lives Secretariat in support of goals. The Programme Advisory Council helps further global, regional, and/or country level efforts and policymaker engagement to ensure we reach the highest levels of decision making and donor engagement as effectively as possible. • CORTASAM Comprised of world-renowned researchers and technical leaders, the Council of Research and Technical Advice on Acute Malnutrition (CORTASAM) was launched in 2016. The goal of the Council is to drive the use of evidence for action, in order to support the goals of No Wasted Lives, and ultimately reach more children with effective treatment and prevention programmes. • SECRETARIAT The No Wasted Lives Secretariat includes members based in Washington, DC, London, and regional nutrition specialists in East Africa, West Africa, and South Asia. The Secretariat manages and implements research dissemination, advocacy, policy, and stakeholder engagement activities, and helps drive efforts in support of No Wasted Lives goals. Secretariat members are hosted by Humanitas Global (Washington, DC) and Action Against Hunger UK (London), and UNICEF (Dakar, Senegal; Nairobi, Kenya; Kathmandu, Nepal).

Partner(s)

Action Against Hunger, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the innocent foundation, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF, and World Food Programme (WFP)
Progress reports
Goal 2
2.2 - By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
Goal 3
3.2 - By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births
12/2020
New evidence reflected in global, regional, national (5 countries) prevention and treatment policy update efforts.
12/2020
Costing, dosage, formulation, and supply chain efforts demonstrate efficiencies in treatment and delivery approaches and cost reduction.
12/2020
Bi- and multi-lateral donors, health financing facilities and 5 high-burden countries allocate funding to acute malnutrition treatment.
12/2020
Secure national leadership commitments to integrate prevention and treatment, at scale, into government health systems and pathways in 5 countries.
Staff / Technical expertise
Secretariat team of No Wasted Lives

Basic information
Time-frame: 2015 - 2020
Partners
Action Against Hunger, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), the innocent foundation, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF, and World Food Programme (WFP)
Countries
Contact information
Nabeeha Kazi, Executive Director, nkazi@nowastedlives.org
United Nations