Nicholas Alipui

Nicholas Kojo Alipui is UNICEF's Director and Senior Advisor on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. A native of Ghana, Alipui spent 25 years in various positions within UNICEF, most recently as Director of Programmes.^[1] Alipui also heads the Global Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency.^[2]

Nicholas Alipui
Occupation(s)	Director and Senior Adviser on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Employer	UNICEF
Organization	Global Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency

In 2000, Alipui was UNICEF's representative in Kenya.^[3] By 2004, he had become UNICEF's representative in the Philippines and called attention to the lack of official recognition of child pornography as a problem in the country.^[4] In this capacity, he also spoke out against the prevalence of child soldiers in the country^[5] and denounced infant formula, calling on the country's mothers to breastfeed.^[6] In 2008, as Director of Programmes, he met with the President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana to strengthen ties between Madagascar and the United Nations.^[7]

In 2010, Alipui said that UNICEF and its partners in the Roll Back Malaria Partnership hoped to end malaria deaths by 2015.^[8]

In 2011, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) allowed infant formula company Mead Johnson to claim that adding docosahexaenoic acid to their infant formula contributes to developing infants' visual system. However, Alipui opposed the EFSA's decision, saying that "there can be little doubt that the use of such health claims can mislead parents into thinking that the formulas are as good as, if not better than breast milk."^[9] He was interviewed in Not My Life, an independent documentary film about human trafficking.^[10]

References

1. "Nicholas K. Alipui - Director and Senior Adviser Post-2015 Development Agenda". UNICEF. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
2. "Low Iodised Salt Consumption Worrisome". The Hindu. February 22, 2009. from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
3. Rosalind Russell (October 4, 2000). "Angry Kenyans lynch man after child-killings". Independent Online. from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
4. "UNICEF zvoni na uzbunu zbog dječje pornografije". Index.hr (in Croatian). April 8, 2004. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
5. "Crianças se unem voluntariamente a guerrilhas nas Filipinas, diz Unicef". Globo.com (in Portuguese). December 5, 2007. from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
6. Carlos H. Conde (July 17, 2007). "Breast-feeding: A Philippine battleground". The New York Times. from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
7. "Le président Ravalomanana en Suède". Madagascar Tribune (in French). August 22, 2008. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
8. "Strijd tegen malaria komt drie miljard euro te kort". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). April 20, 2010. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
9. Bruno Waterfield (April 6, 2011). "EU rules formula milk can claim it is as healthy as breast feeding". The Daily Telegraph. from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
10. "Child Trafficking Film Premiere Spotlights Grave Child Rights Abuse". Medical News Today. January 21, 2011. from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.