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 …
Gambians are gearing up for a grand celebration of the prestigious award presented to the country by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on June 9 2015, in Rome, Italy, during the 39th Session of its conference. The Gambia received such award twice between November 2014 …
Further progress in understanding and mitigating N2O emissions from soil lies within transdisciplinary research that reaches across spatial scales and takes an ambitious look into the future. Original Source
Concerted efforts are on in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to bring ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in the government policy after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s homestate, Gujarat, initiated the proposal of introducing it as a viable solution for treating children from the worst form of malnutrition. Sources say while the …
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that 1.8 million children in Yemen are likely to suffer from malnutrition by the end of this year. Anthony Lake, UNICEF's executive director, released the figure in a statement, while expressing his concerns about the current humanitarian situation in Yemen, especially the …
Abuja — A new report released by UNICEF and the federal government yesterday in Abuja indicated that about 1.7 million Nigerian children are severely malnourished and in dire of prompt services to curtail the menace. UNICEF Country Representative, Jean Gough said: "There are approximately 1.7 million severely acutely malnourished children …
Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Friday called for combined efforts of all activities involved in agriculture in order to improve food security and reduce the high levels of chronic malnutrition. He was speaking at a debate organized in the presidential offices with agricultural experts, including former agriculture ministers, …
Three million Sudanese children under the age of five are suffering from severe malnutrition, according to the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF).In its weekly bulletin seen by APA on Sunday, UNICEF said the Sudan National S3M survey conducted in 2013 revealed that 128 of the total 184 localities in the country …
If all the birds, bugs, bees and other creatures that pollinate our food crops were to disappear from the planet, humans could face a sharp increase in malnutrition, disease and death in many parts of the world, scientists estimate. Researchers analyzed supplies of 224 types of food in 156 countries, …
A survey conducted by the ministries of health and women affairs and UNICEF shows that two out of three Nigerian children are not properly fed with the right nutrients to help them develop and grow well. Speaking on the survey, ministry of health's head of nutrition, Dr Chris Osa Isokpunwu …
HETAUDA, AUG 12 - The study of Department of Health Services (DoHS) conducted in 14 districts shows that 1,600 children are mildly malnourished. Among them, 1,000 are from the earthquake affected villages. Two hundred and eighty-four children are suffering from severe malnutrition in Makwanpur district alone, according to the report. …
A number of children in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are stunted, wasted, and underweight, a study of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has found. Anaemia prevalence in those children (6-59 months) is 61.9 percent and nearly one-fifth of the hill women are at least moderately underweight, it shows. The World …
Mortality rates owing to severe malnutrition among children in western Jebel Marra, Central Darfur, are rising rapidly. Nierteti Hospital is crowded with young patients from the areas of Guldo, Tor, and Golo, an activist told Radio Dabanga. "From 18 July until Thursday more than 15 children at Nierteti hospital died …
This report presents the findings of an operations research study conducted to assess the implementation of the Government of Bangladesh’s National Nutrition Services Program (NNS) and to identify the achievements, determine the bottlenecks that adversely impact these achievements, and highlight potential solutions to ensure smooth delivery of the program. A …
The health department found over 70,000 children suffering from diarrhoea in a door-to-door survey of houses conducted in the state. The survey started from July 27 under Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF). Till August 6, the health workers found 70,000 children suffering from diarrhea. The ailing children were provided with …
UNICEF said on Thursday that 55 per cent of child mortality in Nigeria was associated with malnutrition. Mr Arjan de WAGT, UNICEF Chief Nutritionist, said this at the opening of a two-day media dialogue on Nutrition and Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria …
Malnutrition in Pakistan will cost the nation heavily when 44 per cent of today’s children of ages up to five grow up as a stunted and unproductive generation in 10 to 15 years. This premonition came from none other than the Ministry of National Health Services's nutrition director Dr Baseer …
A new scheme designed to address malnutrition and unhealthy eating habits through nutrition education at the Lower Basic School level in the country is gaining momentum. The Nutrition Education Programme (NEP) being piloted in 15 schools in regions 2, 4 and 5 is targeting pupils in grades 2, 4 and …
The United Nations members from 193 nations endorsed a “historic” roadmap Sunday to tackle poverty and hunger, promote well-being and safeguard the environment over the next 15 years. The 30-page “agenda for sustainable development” is expected to guide policy and funding after the deadline for achieving the U.N.’s Millennium Development …
Eleven-year old Srijita Bhangi sits in the waiting room of the jetty boat that connects her island home in Khulna to the mainland Sundarbans, near India's border with Bangladesh. After spending a few days with her elderly grandparents – an effort to lift her most recent spell of depression – …
DHADING, JUL 30 - Children belonging to Chepang and Tamang communities in the district are suffering from severe malnutrition after the April 25 earthquake, a government study has shown. The study showed that the number of severely malnourished children in the district stands at 78 for the year ending April …
