Roundtable discussion and launch of "Nutrition funding cuts: What is being lost and what can be rebuilt?"

Co-organised by the Global Nutrition Report and United Against Malnutrition and Hunger, this roundtable event brought together UK Parliamentarians and other stakeholders for a discussion on the current state of global nutrition funding and what can be done to ensure nutrition gains are not lost.

Date: 15 October 2026

Location: Westminster Hall, London

Good nutrition supports health, human capital and economic prosperity, making it central to sustainable development. Yet reductions in official development assistance across several major donor countries, including the UK, are placing essential nutrition services and the systems that sustain them under growing pressure.

On 15 October, the Global Nutrition Report (GNR) and United Against Malnutrition and Hunger (UAMH) hosted a roundtable event for UK Parliamentarians and global nutrition stakeholders to discuss the current state of global nutrition funding and what can be done to ensure nutrition gains are not lost. This event featured a presentation of findings from the 2026 thematic report to connect evidence, commitments and action on nutrition in a context of overlapping shocks.

This event also served as the launch for a new GNR-UAHM policy brief, Nutrition funding cuts: What is being lost and what can be rebuilt? Drawing on a March–May 2026 survey of 409 stakeholders across more than 74 countries, the brief examines what is being lost, the risks if current trends continue, and how funders and policymakers can prevent temporary funding reductions from causing lasting damage.

Featured speakers

  • Steve Race, MP
  • Rt. Hon. David Mundell, MP
  • Dr. Giacomo Zanello, Co-chair of GNR's Independent Expert Group and Associate Professor of Food Economics and Health at the University of Reading, UK
  • Dr. Mariachiara Di Cesare, Professor of Population Studies & Global Health and Director of the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing at the University of Essex, UK

Resources

Giacomo Zanello, Co-chair of GNR's Independent Expert Group, speaks with attendees ahead of the roundtable event.
Giacomo Zanello, Co-chair of GNR's Independent Expert Group, speaks with attendees ahead of the roundtable event.
Rt. Hon. David Mundell, MP, Co-chair of the All Party Parliamentarian Group on Nutrition for Development, delivers remarks.
Rt. Hon. David Mundell, MP, Co-chair of the All Party Parliamentarian Group on Nutrition for Development, delivers remarks.
Attendees join a roundtable presentation on the current state of global nutrition funding.
Attendees join a roundtable presentation on the current state of global nutrition funding.