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 …
Jaipur: Five per cent of the total identified severe malnutrition cases in the state are not attending weekly nutrition camps set up under the recently launched community management of malnourished children. Now the health department has constituted teams to find them out and link them with the campaign to reduce …
This paper examines the different approaches and methodologies for classification of countries in terms of their food and nutrition security conditions. Its objective is to identify a number of country groups and thus provide some guidance about potential policies to address food and nutrition insecurity. Defining the adequate number of …
This issue of Budget Track is a special issue focusing on Nutrition. It is a part of the efforts, to deepen the policy discourse in India on nutrition specifically from the public investment perspective. The recent changes in the federal fiscal architecture and the policy landscape over the last year …
Madhya Pradesh State MDG Status report is not just an accounting exercise to assess the achievement levels of Millennium Development Goals. The report responds to multidimensional aspirations of inter-district variations, interlinkages with public interventions and achievement levels. It studies the burden of non-achieving regions or districts on MP State’s overall …
Diarrheal disease is the world’s second leading cause of death among young children. It claims more than half a million lives of children under five years old each year, accounting for 9% of global child deaths. It is also a leading cause of morbidity in children, including chronic malnutrition. The …
Also, more than 60 per cent of all women and 53.2 per cent of pregnant women were found anaemic in the state. Over 50 per cent children under five years of age are anaemic in West Bengal, as per the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4 for 2015-16) data. “In …
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners predict a major global increase in health consequences of emergencies this year due to El Niño. El Niño is a warming of the central to eastern tropical Pacific Ocean which affects rainfall patterns and temperatures in many parts of the world but …
NEW DELHI: More than 50% of children in 10 states are anaemic, the latest national health survey showed highlighting the unnerving picture of India's malnourished population. Besides children, more than half of women were also found to be anaemic in eleven states and UTs. However, findings of the first phase …
Child malnutrition continues to be high Child malnutrition continues to be unacceptably high in most major states of India, though some progress on this front has been made in the past 10 years. New trends contained in the first phase findings of National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), which the government …
About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The worst-affected country is Malawi, where 2.8 million people, 16 percent of the population, are expected to …
The UN has declared 2016 is the International Year of Pulses and grain legumes across the world are preparing for their year in the spotlight. Pulses are found in most of the world’s cuisines but the Middle East is probably their biggest cheerleader. Hakan Agro, a major pulse trader player …
KATHMANDU: In a bid to minimise the incidences of early malnutrition in the country, ‘Generation Nutrition (GN) Campaign’ was launched recently. The global campaign is being led by Action Contre La Faim (ACF) Nepal in the country, as per a statement issued on Thursday. ACF Nepal Country Director Martin Rosselot …
This report on Nepal‘s food and nutrition security is one of the three main outputs of an analytical and capacity building regional project coordinated by the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Besides Nepal, the project is also implemented in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Lao PDR, the Philippines and Timor-Leste. …
About 40,000 civilians in Syria's Madaya town are reportedly on the brink of starving to death as they have remained cut off from food and medicine supplies over the last six months due to a siege by government forces and Hezbollah militants. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in …
Around five percent of children under the age of five in Banke are suffering from severe malnutrition. According to the District Public Health Office (DPHO) data, around 1,062 children of under five in the district are severely malnourished. The actual number of the malnourished children in Banke could be higher …
MUMBAI: Is malnutrition in childhood triggering an early onset of hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia among Maharashtra's population? The state health department hopes to have an answer in the new year, thanks to a study it is conducting along with UNICEF and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). "The study is …
With so much the world focused on war, terrorism and the plight of a seemingly endless stream of refugees, it is no surprise that Somalia has been forgotten. The last time the country was featured in news headlines was nearly five years ago, when failed rains and failed politics led …
Naveen Patnaik seeks more help in the field of education and governance Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Odisha government for making collaborative efforts for reducing malnutrition among women and children in the State. The MoU was signed in presence of Chief …
NAINITAL: As many as 422 children in the six districts of Kumaon division have been diagnosed with an illness, with 267 of them suffering from heart-related ailments, according to data released by the health department. Under the Rashtriya Baal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) programme more than 5,000 children in government schools …
Around 19,000 slum poor and extreme poor families are getting health and nutritional supports that are bringing them out from the vicious circle of malnutrition in the city, speakers at a meeting in Rajshahi said yesterday. The three-year scheme is being implemented since October, 2012 at a cost of around …
