Delivering Lifesaving Nutrition and Lasting Impact
This multilingual webinar took place on Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 8-9.30am EST
MODERATOR:
Onome Ako, Chief Executive Officer, Action Against Hunger Canada
PANELISTS:
Britta Schumacher, Chief Nutrition, UN World Food Program
Anu Narayan, Senior Advisor for Child Nutrition and Development in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF
Chris Leather, Director, N4D, supporting national governments to scale multisectoral nutrition investments
Olusola Sotunde is a Senior Food Systems and Nutrition Advisor in the Global Health and Food Systems Bureau at Global Affairs Canada.
Additional speakers to be confirmed
This webinar presents the key findings and recommendations from the Delivering Lifesaving Nutrition Report, the outcome of a pivotal, two-day Nutrition Retreat convened in Ottawa in the Fall of 2025. The retreat was convened by Action Against Hunger Canada (ACF) and the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH), bringing together leaders from government, civil society, academia, philanthropy, and communities worldwide to identify practical, evidence-based recommendations for Canada’s and all global nutrition leaders’ roles in addressing the global hunger crisis.
Key recommendations to be discussed include the importance of:
Strengthening prevention alongside treatment of acute malnutrition.
Investing in strong nutrition data and early warning systems.
Integrating nutrition across humanitarian and development nexus.
Supporting resilient national systems and local leadership.
