Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to this report by the United Nations agencies and development groups. According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said it will use over 30 million euros received from the German government to tackle high malnutrition among children and provide safe water and sanitation to thousands in South Sudan. Mahimbo Mdoe, the UNICEF Representative in South Sudan, told journalists …
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced $533 million in new aid to fight famine in East Africa and the Lake Chad region, in a move aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment as he embarks on a five-nation trip to the continent. The funds will provide emergency food and nutrition assistance …
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR have appealed for 80 million U.S. dollars to provide food assistance for refugees located in Ethiopia. The two UN agencies announced in a joint statement issued on Wednesday that the amount of food that refugees receive was cut by …
When he is not attending to patients, Dr V Soundarrajan, the head of a primary health centre in Seruvaviduthi village near Peravurani in Thanjavur district, would be seen clearing the ground, sowing seeds or watering plants in the kitchen garden of the health centre. On Tuesdays, he harvests the vegetables …
The competing demands of numerous global crises mean some 2.7 million people in Somalia who need food are at risk of being ignored by donors, increasing the country's likelihood of famine, aid agencies said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the U.N.'s World Food Programme said early action …
Residents of Mariango and Mitangani village in Kilifi County in search of water after almost all rivers and water points went dry last year. There has been a prolonged [File, Standard] Thousands of households in four counties at the Coast are facing starvation, with the situation in Kilifi and Tana …
More than 24,000 of refugee children under five years in South Sudan suffer from growth retardation, a nutrition survey done by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) shows. The agency said the survey, which was conducted among refugee children under five in eight refugee camps and settlements across South Sudan …
The warning comes after three United Nations agencies warned that 7 million people in South Sudan risk facing severe food insecurity in the coming months without sustained humanitarian assistance and access to those in need. Particularly at risk, it said, are 155,000 people, including 29,000 children, who are likely to …
No African country is expected to reach the UN target of ending childhood malnutrition by 2030, according to a new study. The research, comprised of two papers published in the science journal Nature, is the first of its kind to identify local hotspots for poor child nutrition and low education …
Study on 1.04 lakh children in the city The world over, surveys have pointed to a prevalence of obesity among children, and Bengaluru is no exception. A school-based screening of 1.04 lakh children in 138 private schools in Bengaluru has revealed some alarming trends among students aged between three and …
Inequality in India is real and has been rising sharply for the last three decades as an unfortunate legacy of the lopsided policy choices made by successive governments, Oxfam India said as it published a new report. The report The Widening Gaps: India Inequality Report 2018 provides a picture of …
Some 27. 5 million people are in dire need of food aid in 10 African countries due to drought, officials announced last week. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Centre director Guleid Artan said some Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and …
Lilongwe — Malnutrition could have long term effects on the brain - Pic sourced from internet Ministry of health says malnutrition still remains a major contributing factor to morbidity and mortality among vulnerable populations especially children, pregnant and lactating women, elderly and people living with HIV. Chief of Health Services, …
Abuja — Despite budgetary allocations towards tackling the menace of malnutrition and the constant on-going enlightenment on the need for proper nutrition in the early stages of a child's life, the spate of malnutrition has continued to increase. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) specialist on monitoring and evaluation, Ms. Maureen …
An international charity warned on Monday that 4.7 million children across East Africa risk dropping out of school this year due to malnutrition arising from displacement sparked by drought and conflict. David Wright, Regional Director for Save the Children in East and Southern Africa, told journalists in Nairobi that about …
Johannesburg — The twin scourges of another prolonged dry spell and an invasive crop-eating worm are set to sharply curtail harvests across southern Africa, driving millions of people – most of them children – into severe hunger, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The warning follows an alert …
PUNE: Dietary risks, high blood pressure, malnutrition and air pollution were the biggest factors that caused most deaths in Maharashtra and added to the state's disability burden in 2016. This was revealed in a recent estimate of the state-level disease burden and risk factors by the Indian Council for Medical …
This brief examines estimates produced by several recent model simulations and frameworks that focus on the cost of ending hunger as well as progress toward other development goals—estimates that range from US$7 billion to US$265 billion per year. The differences among these estimates are largely attributable to the different targeted …
More than 5.5 million people were displaced across the Horn of Africa by the end of December 2017, including around 4.1 million internally displaced and 1.4 million living in the region as refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said in a report released on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination …
Proceedings of the High-Level Meeting “Renewed Partnership to End Hunger in Africa by 2025-Five Years Later: Taking Stock of Progress and Lessons in Light of the Sustainable Development Goals”, which took place on 27 January 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event held on the margins of the 30th Ordinary …
