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 …
Bhopal : The malaria situation in Madhya Pradesh has reached a critical level with the death toll consistently increasing every day and the opposition parties slamming the ruling BJP government for its failure to contain the epidemic like situation. While the exact state wide death toll is not clear, tribal …
Pranjal Gupta, a class 5 student, prefers eating in her school canteen instead of carrying a tiffin box. Her friends in school too eat pav bhaji, vada pav or chowmein from the canteen. Many students like eating in the school canteen because they get to eat what they like and …
Death of nine infants was reported over two days at the Malda Sadar Hospital in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday. While six were reported dead on Wednesday, three more deaths were reported till Thursday evening. According to the hospital authorities, of the three infants that died during the day, …
Brazil is a world leader in the fight against hunger and its experience can be shared with other countries, visiting World Food Program chief Josette Sheeran said Monday. "As a world champion in the fight against hunger, Brazil has a wealth of experience that can be shared with governments eager …
A four-year test of drugs to treat a widespread parasitic disease called kala azar was announced on Monday by the governments of India and Bangladesh, Doctors Without Borders, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and other groups. Kala azar, also known as visceral leishmaniasis, is transmitted by the bite of …
New Delhi: The state government’s claims of better child healthcare lie exposed. Between 2009 and 2010, the infant mortality rate (children dying within the first year of birth) has increased 18.5% — from 18.96 per thousand to 22.47 per thousand. At the same time, the number of still-births has almost …
New Delhi: Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh found an occasion for Modi-bashing at the release of UNDP’s Human Development Index report, 2011, on Wednesday, saying there had been “retrogression” in social development indices in Narendra Modi-ruled Gujarat. He also blamed the US for being the biggest contributor to non-sustainability, …
From 1970 to 1995 the world made progress in reducing the number of hungry people but the figure always remained above 750 million. Since then, the number has progressively risen, increasing to over a billion in 2009, and remaining above 900 million in 2010. But in this rather dismal global …
Reducing Urban Poverty: A New Generation of Ideas highlights the research and innovative thinking of the next generation of urban planners, practitioners and policymakers. Edited by Lauren Herzer, the report comprises the winning essays from the second annual academic paper competition co-sponsored by the Cities Alliance, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s …
This report provides an overview of the climate change trends and potential impacts on children in East Asia and the Pacific that appeared in studies covering five countries that were commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund. The country studies highlight children’s specific vulnerability to climate change that needs to …
This paper evaluates the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) as a framework for measuring development and, subject to qualifications arising from that evaluation, assesses how India is doing in terms of the MDGs.
Despite countless initiatives to alleviate malnutrition over the years, it affects hundreds of thousands of children in Sri Lanka. Understanding the determinants of malnutrition, as well as causes of higher childhood malnutrition amongst lower socio-economic groups is important for improving the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing childhood malnutrition, especially …
Concerned at the death of 13 babies in the past 48 hours at the B.C. Roy Children's hospital in Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday sought a detailed report from the State-government run hospital. In June too, the hospital witnessed 18 crib deaths, provoking angry reactions from the parents …
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule has taken up the issue of malnutrition of children in Melghat area of Vidarbha. She would visit the area on November 4 to understand the ground reality and get feedback on schemes implemented by the authorities. According to a press statement issued by …
J&K; an exception; Hindus behind Muslims on all health indices The majority-minority debate becomes irrelevant when it comes to health indicators of women in India. Analysis of the latest data collated by the India Human Development Report-2011 shows that there is no difference whatsoever between Hindus and Muslims in adult …
Enzyme Assisted Aqueous Extraction (EAAE) sounds a mouthful. But this emerging food processing technology, one among many, may help Madhya Pradesh help address a nagging paradox — the state’s a leader in the production of protein-rich soybean but also has the highest rate of malnutrition in the country. Despite the …
Inter-State inequalities have significantly narrowed in the last decade, but nutrition and sanitation are still a big concern, says the Human Development Report 2011. The findings of the report are significant as they come a day before the full National Development Council meeting, headed by the Prime Minister on Saturday. …
Campaign launched to bridge gap in coverage of immunisation programme Health Minister Adoor Prakash said here on Tuesday that an expert committee had been appointed to study the proposal for use of pentavalent vaccine under the immunisation programme of the Health Department. Replying to questions at a press conference, the …
The Earth's natural resources like food, water and forests are being depleted at an alarming speed, causing hunger, conflict, social unrest and species extinction, experts at a climate and health conference in London warned Monday. Increased hunger due to food yield changes will lead to malnutrition; water scarcity will deteriorate …
