Nutrition in Africa: Togo commits to SUN alliances in Lagos
From June 9 to 14, 2025, representatives of the SUN (Scaling Up Nutrition) Civil Society Alliances from 22 countries in West, Central and Island Africa (including the Comoros and Madagascar) met in Lagos, Nigeria, for their annual meeting. Under the theme "A stronger civil society to accelerate progress on nutrition ," this meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the persistent challenges of malnutrition in a context marked by multiple crises: conflict, climate change, food insecurity, structural inequalities and fragile health systems.
Among the participants was the Alliance for Nutrition in Togo (ANT) , determined to strengthen its national and regional action against malnutrition.
Delegations highlighted the persistence of malnutrition, particularly among women and children in vulnerable communities. Despite efforts, progress towards the 2030 goals remains slow due to chronic underfunding, lack of coordination, and budget cuts at the national and international levels.
Faced with these challenges, the ANT reaffirmed its commitment to working in synergy with the Togolese government, technical partners, the private sector and communities to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms.
In their final declaration, the SUN Alliances call for:
- Governments to create an enabling environment for civil society action by strengthening transparency, participation and accountability, while increasing national budgets dedicated to nutrition.
- Regional institutions and the private sector to invest sustainably in strengthening the capacities of alliances, their community anchoring and their financial autonomy.
- Technical and financial partners to maintain, or even increase their support to preserve achievements and expand local solutions.
At the end of the meeting, the ANT reaffirmed its determination to intensify its efforts to improve nutrition in Togo. It pledged to continue its advocacy for more effective policies, better resource allocation, and greater community involvement in the fight against malnutrition.
This regional mobilization paves the way for concerted actions to accelerate nutritional progress in West and Central Africa and in the islands, despite a difficult context.
Together, Togolese civil society and its partners remain determined to make malnutrition a problem of the past.
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