THE ASIAN CONGRESS OF NUTRITION
Working to end hunger and malnutrition Indofood shares its vision at the Asian Congress of Nutrition
Axton Salim addressing the Plenary Session: Accelerating the End of Hunger/Malnutrition: Sharing of Private Sectors.
Indofood participated in the 13th Asian Congress of Nutrition (“ACN”) on 4-7 August 2019 in Bali, represented by Director Axton Salim, who also sits as Co-Chair of Global Advisory Lead Group of Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (“SBN”). He spoke on two important topics which address the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2, to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition in the world by 2030.
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CN is the largest nutrition and health-related scientific meeting in Asia, held every four years. It is organized by the Federation of Asian Nutrition Scientists (“FANS”), and joined by nutrition scientists, academics and professionals from 18 Asian countries. ACN 2019 was attended by 2,500 participants. 2 THE VIEW
The introductory plenary topic was “Accelerating the End of Hunger/ Malnutrition-Role of Private Sectors”. Salim shared the stage with Professor of John Hopkins School of Public Health and Director of Center for Livable Future, Professor Martin W Bloem MD, and Dr Pungkas Bahjuri representing the Ministry of Indonesia Planning Board, the focal
point of the Scaling Up Nutrition (“SUN”) Movement Coordinator Indonesia. INDOFOOD IN LEADING ROLE Salim spoke on the role of the SUN business world. SBN mobilizes private sectors with the aim to increase the availability and affordability of safe nutritious food, especially for low income consumers, through activities at global and national levels. Currently SBN has 650 members across 33 countries and can reach around 1.1 million workforces in their policies. As a leading Total Food Solution company in Indonesia, Indofood actively participates in SBN with Salim as Co-Chair of SBN Global Advisory
