Nicholas Alipui

{{Short description|UNICEF's Director and Senior Advisor}}

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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.{{Cite web|title=Nicholas K. Alipui - Director and Senior Adviser Post-2015 Development Agenda|url=https://www.unicef.org/media/media_49872.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=UNICEF}} Alipui also heads the Global Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency.{{Cite news|work=The Hindu|title=Low Iodised Salt Consumption Worrisome|date=February 22, 2009|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/22/stories/2009022257530700.htm|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213733/https://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2009/02/22/|url-status=live}}

In 2000, Alipui was UNICEF's representative in Kenya.{{Cite news|work=Independent Online|title=Angry Kenyans lynch man after child-killings|date=October 4, 2000|author=Rosalind Russell|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/angry-kenyans-lynch-man-after-child-killings-1.49670|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213734/https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/angry-kenyans-lynch-man-after-child-killings-49670|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite news|work=Index.hr|title=UNICEF zvoni na uzbunu zbog dječje pornografije|date=April 8, 2004|url=http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/unicef-zvoni-na-uzbunu-zbog-djecje-pornografije/216131.aspx|accessdate=August 27, 2013|language=hr|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051218/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/unicef-zvoni-na-uzbunu-zbog-djecje-pornografije/216131.aspx|url-status=live}} In this capacity, he also spoke out against the prevalence of child soldiers in the country{{Cite news|work=Globo.com|title=Crianças se unem voluntariamente a guerrilhas nas Filipinas, diz Unicef|date=December 5, 2007|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL204889-5602,00-CRIANCAS+SE+UNEM+VOLUNTARIAMENTE+A+GUERRILHAS+NAS+FILIPINAS+DIZ+UNICEF.html|accessdate=August 27, 2013|language=pt|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115949/http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0,,MUL204889-5602,00-CRIANCAS+SE+UNEM+VOLUNTARIAMENTE+A+GUERRILHAS+NAS+FILIPINAS+DIZ+UNICEF.html|url-status=live}} and denounced infant formula, calling on the country's mothers to breastfeed.{{Cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Breast-feeding: A Philippine battleground|author=Carlos H. Conde|date=July 17, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/world/asia/17iht-phils.1.6692639.html?_r=1&|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304213734/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/world/asia/17iht-phils.1.6692639.html?_r=1|url-status=live}} In 2008, as Director of Programmes, he met with the President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana to strengthen ties between Madagascar and the United Nations.{{Cite news|work=Madagascar Tribune|title=Le président Ravalomanana en Suède|date=August 22, 2008|url=http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Le-president-Ravalomanana-en-Suede,8449.html|accessdate=August 27, 2013|language=fr|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225636/http://www.madagascar-tribune.com/Le-president-Ravalomanana-en-Suede,8449.html|url-status=live}}

In 2010, Alipui said that UNICEF and its partners in the Roll Back Malaria Partnership hoped to end malaria deaths by 2015.{{Cite news|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|title=Strijd tegen malaria komt drie miljard euro te kort|date=April 20, 2010|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/1095258/2010/04/20/Strijd-tegen-malaria-komt-drie-miljard-euro-te-kort.dhtml|accessdate=August 27, 2013|language=nl|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222148/http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/1095258/2010/04/20/Strijd-tegen-malaria-komt-drie-miljard-euro-te-kort.dhtml|url-status=live}}

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."{{Cite news|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=EU rules formula milk can claim it is as healthy as breast feeding|author=Bruno Waterfield|date=April 6, 2011|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8432808/EU-rules-formula-milk-can-claim-it-is-as-healthy-as-breast-feeding.html|accessdate=August 27, 2013|archive-date=January 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107211547/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8432808/EU-rules-formula-milk-can-claim-it-is-as-healthy-as-breast-feeding.html|url-status=live}} He was interviewed in Not My Life, an independent documentary film about human trafficking.{{Cite news|work=Medical News Today|title=Child Trafficking Film Premiere Spotlights Grave Child Rights Abuse|date=January 21, 2011|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/214264.php|accessdate=August 20, 2013|archive-date=October 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016100525/http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/214264.php|url-status=live}}