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 …
This working paper: briefly reviews possible causes of the food price spike that began in mid-2010; examines recent local food price movements in 58 developing countries during 2010; discusses the adverse impacts of food price increases on households; presents a rapid desk review of international and domestic policy responses in …
With Inflation Over 15%, States Face Fund Crunch In Implementing Food Scheme New Delhi: Inflation has made the fight against malnutrition harder. In a country where 46% of the country
NEW DELHI: The State Government has claimed that malnutrition among women and children is much less in Meghalaya than the figures recorded in a national survey. "The survey which was conducted recently might have been conducted at random which also includes non-ICDS areas," Minister for Health and Family Welfare JA …
LAST week, many leading figures in business, government and civil society gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. And Kraft Foods was there, listening and sharing what we have learnt, and urging action to tackle three of the greatest challenges facing the world today: …
This framework note on the draft food security bill released by Sonia Gandhi headed National Advisory Council attempts to build a strong system of grievance redressal for all food-related schemes, to ensure that food entitlements are realised. The National Food Security Act is envisaged as a path-breaking legislation, aimed at …
In a bid to address PM Manmohan Singh's concern on the "unacceptably high" levels of malnutrition in the country, a meeting has been called on Tuesday to examine the possibility of promoting double fortification of salt with iron. The doubly fortified salt has already been tried and tested both within …
The debates around securing the right to health for all in India are at a complex and sensitive stage. In India, we have gross inequity in health-care delivery. The huge inequity is evident, on the one hand, in flourishing international medical tourism, and high-technology biomedical interventions done cheaply, and, on …
To assess the effect of using stunting versus underweight as the indicator of child undernutrition for determining whether countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on track to meet the component of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 pertaining to the eradication of hunger, namely to reduce undernutrition by half …
Taking suo motu cognisance of deaths of 16 children due to malnutrition in a Mumbai slum, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the health ministry and chief secretary of Maharashtra and directed them to submit a detailed report. The commission took the view after wide media coverage …
The pioneers of nutrition research determined the energy content of food and also helped to overturn misconceptions about various diseases that plagued humankind
Sarah El Deeb A doctor would have recognised the signs of chronic malnutrition immediately in the seven-month-old girl, the swollen stomach, the constant cough. Her mother, though, had only traditional healers to turn to in her Yemeni mountain village, and they told her to stop feeding the girl. The mother's …
Seven-month-old child joins a growing list of dead people A voluntary organisation recorded 18 deaths since April Many of the residents here are migrants Mumbai: Malnutrition, illness and abject poverty have taken a severe toll on children in Mumbai's Rafiq Nagar slum. Situated in a vast dumping ground, swarming with …
K. Venkateshwarlu HYDERABAD: Finding fault with the government's denial of nutrition and health services to the malnourished children of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Chhattisgarh in Bhadrachalam division in Andhra Pradesh, the Supreme Court-appointed Commissioners have directed urgent action to restore them. In a letter sent to Chief Secretary S.V. …
Children of Saharia tribe of Madhya Pradesh are severely malnourished, 23 of them dying between December 2009 to April 2010, a report said. The report by NGO Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said that five children belonging to the Saharia tribe died during September and October this year in Narghada …
By Shailendra Paranjpe | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA Of the 2.67 lakh malnourished children below the age of five in the district, about 5,000 are severely malnourished. The zilla parishad
Raising awareness:Actor Aamir Khan, flanked by BJP MP Shahnawaz Hussain (left) and Congress MP Sachin Pilot, briefing the media at the Parliament House, in New Delhi on Wednesday. New Delhi: A visit by actor Aamir Khan to Parliament on Wednesday saw a rare show of solidarity by MPs from the …
MPs cutting across the political spectrum on Wednesday came together for a noble cause promoted by matinee idol Aamir Khan, their differences over the Joint Parliamentary Probe (JPC) notwithstanding. The issue was about increasing awareness on malnutrition among infants. The visit of the superstar to Parliament led to all MPs …
This report represents a first systematic review of activities related to climate change conducted by the United Nations World Food Programme, including programmes, capacity development and technical assistance efforts. It identifies six key entry points for supporting vulnerable people and communities, national governments, regional institutions and global partners in their …
This paper provides evidence from eight developing countries of an inverse relationship between poverty and city size. Poverty is both more widespread and deeper in very small and small towns than in large or very large cities. This basic pattern is generally robust to choice of poverty line. The paper …
