{"id":95501,"date":"2024-09-24T03:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/gates-foundation-celebrates-childrens-health-and-nutrition-champions-at-goalkeepers-2024-recipe-for-progress\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T03:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:03:04","slug":"gates-foundation-celebrates-childrens-health-and-nutrition-champions-at-goalkeepers-2024-recipe-for-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gates-foundation-celebrates-childrens-health-and-nutrition-champions-at-goalkeepers-2024-recipe-for-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates Foundation Celebrates Children\u2019s Health and Nutrition Champions at Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK, US<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 At its event,\u00a0Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress<\/a>, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation honored remarkable leaders who are advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) with solutions to keep people healthy and nourished in a rapidly warming world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The annual event took place during United Nations General Assembly week and was hosted by Janet Mbugua, media personality and anchor. The event, which highlighted opportunities to ensure better nutrition for all so everyone can reach their full potential, also featured special guests, including Jon Batiste, singer, songwriter, and composer; Christy Turlington Burns, founder and president of Every Mother Counts; Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Saul Guerrero Oteyza, UNICEF\u2019s senior advisor on financing for child nutrition and development; Muhammad Ali Pate, coordinating minister for health and social welfare of Nigeria; and Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning celebrity chef and philanthropist. Adriana Diaz, co-host of CBS Mornings Plus, and\u00a0Francine Lacqua, anchor for Bloomberg Television, served as session moderators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGoalkeepers is about bringing together a community of global changemakers who champion the Sustainable Development Goals to energize and inspire each other to continue making progress,\u201d said Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. \u201cThis year, we\u2019re focused on the more than 400 million children who aren\u2019t getting the nutrients they need to grow and thrive. While climate change is making that challenge harder to solve, progress is possible. By scaling up existing tools, investing in promising research, and lifting up champions like the ones we\u2019re celebrating today, we can help ensure all children can reach their full potential\u2014and build global resilience as the world gets hotter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 2023, the World Health Organization estimated that 148 million children experienced stunting, a condition where children don\u2019t grow to their full potential mentally or physically, and 45 million children experienced wasting, a condition where children become weak and emaciated, leaving them at much greater risk of developmental delays and death. These are the most severe and irreversible forms of chronic and acute malnutrition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event followed last week\u2019s release of the foundation\u2019s\u00a0eighth annual Goalkeepers report<\/a>, \u201cA Race to Nourish a Warming World.\u201d The report finds that without immediate global action, climate change will condemn an additional 40 million children to stunting and 28 million more to wasting between 2024 and 2050. It highlights proven tools that are helping solve malnutrition, building people\u2019s resilience to the worst impacts of climate change, and further driving down childhood deaths.\u202fThe report calls for renewed commitments to global health spending, including for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Global Fund, and the Child Nutrition Fund.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Celebrating Global Goalkeepers\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2024 Global Goalkeeper Award, which recognizes a leader who has driven progress on a global scale toward achieving the Global Goals, was presented to Brazil\u2019s President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva. During his first term, President Lula launched Bolsa Familia, a robust anti-poverty and social inclusion program that helped lift millions out of poverty and reduce the nation\u2019s stunting rate from 37% to 7% over three decades. President Lula is building on this domestic legacy to champion the Global Alliance on Hunger and Poverty as the signature initiative of Brazil\u2019s G20 presidency. The initiative embraces proven, evidence-based strategies to improve food security, enhance health, reduce poverty, and promote equity at scale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The event also honored\u00a010 Goalkeepers Champions<\/a>\u00a0\u2014experts, innovators, advocates, and leaders from around the world\u2014who are leading the charge towards a more nourished world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed<\/strong>\u00a0of Bangladesh is executive director of the icddr,b, which is working with the government of Bangladesh to implement treatments for moderate and severe childhood malnutrition and to analyze barriers to effective implementation of maternal nutrition programs. He is also chair of the drafting committee of Bangladesh\u2019s nutrition policy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ladidi Bako-Aiyegbusi<\/strong>\u00a0of Nigeria is the director of nutrition for the Ministry of Health of Nigeria, where she guides the federal government\u2019s plans to train 38,180 frontline health workers to enhance maternal, infant, and childhood nutrition, communication, and services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beza Beshah Haile<\/strong>\u00a0of Ethiopia is the founder and executive director of HOPE Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (HOPE-SBH), where she has provided more than 3,000 families with information and skills training. Haile engages with government agencies to implement and enforce the national food fortification mandate, particularly the addition of folate for pregnant women.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Zahra Hoodbhoy<\/strong>\u00a0of Pakistan is assistant professor of research at Aga Khan University\u2019s Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, where she combines public health interventions with AI tools to empower community workers to support mothers before and after delivery. She is also the primary investigator for a clinical trial for next-generation multiple micronutrient supplements.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Nancy Krebs<\/strong>\u00a0of the United States is a professor of pediatrics and nutrition at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her extensive research has influenced global health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Jemimah Njuki\u00a0<\/strong>of Kenya is chief of economic empowerment at UN Women and has more than 20 years of experience in the agriculture sector in Africa and Asia. She is a champion of women\u2019s empowerment to impact food security and improved nutrition for children and families.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana<\/strong>\u00a0of Rwanda, the minister of health, is prioritizing a range of maternal and child nutrition and health interventions\u2014including launching a multiple micronutrient supplementation pilot program for pregnant women.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lilian dos Santos Rahal<\/strong>\u00a0of Brazil, the national secretary for food and nutrition security, has been a leading voice to address Brazilian hunger and malnutrition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bhavani Shankar<\/strong>\u00a0of the United Kingdom is a professorial research fellow at the University of Sheffield, where he researches food, health, and environmental sustainability. He is also co-lead of INFUSION, a five-year program seeking to better understand how rural food markets function nutritionally and to establish, test, and deliver evidence for market interventions that improve the availability and affordability of nutrient-dense foods in rural Indian communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ratan Tata\u00a0<\/strong>of India is chairman of Tata Trusts, which have supported the prevention and recovery of malnourished children through improved feeding and health care across India. They have pioneered efforts in food and nutrition security through the development of sustainable, diverse food systems\u2014including fortification of salt, milk and edible oils with essential micronutrients.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK, US\u00a0\u2013 At its event,\u00a0Goalkeepers 2024: Recipe for Progress, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation honored remarkable leaders who are advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) with solutions to keep people healthy and nourished in a rapidly warming world.\u00a0 The annual event took place during United Nations General Assembly week and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}