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 …
A joint report released today by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has shed new light on the nutrition situation of children across the region. The report finds that several ASEAN countries are facing simultaneous crises of …
Hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition, millions lack access to health care or clean water, and some have been drafted as soldiers in the year-old war, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Tuesday. A UNICEF report said all sides had "exponentially increased" the use of …
The State Government to fight malnourished has spent over Rs 1161.26 crore in two years from 2014-15. Of these Rs485 crore were given as reimbursement grant by the central government. The state government in reply to the question of Dariyapur MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh has said tht in 2014-15 the state …
Within a span of three years, household food insecurity has fallen by over two-thirds in Bangladesh, according to a report revealed here today. The report titled "State of Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh-2014 food insecurity has reduced to less than a quarter of household in 2014 from over two …
Southeast Asia is facing mounting health costs as a result of child malnutrition and obesity – a double burden – increasingly apparent in the middle income countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand warns the joint UNICEF and WHO report. A joint report from UNICEF, WHO and ASEAN has …
Iron deficiencies have been associated with only stunting growth and causing severe thinness, but iron deficiency is also found to be affecting general micro-nutrient levels among adolescents. Researchers, following a recent study, pointed that iron deficiency can be a direct cause of iodine deficiency. SSG Hospital's department of paediatrics studied …
Malnutrition rate in children dropped from 52 per cent in 2015 to 38 per cent presently. Dr Geraldine Mukeshimana, the Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, said the drop is a result of several initiatives set out by the government to fight malnutrition and hunger. The minister was briefing journalists …
Namutumba — A campaign against malnutrition has been launched in Namutumba District. The campaign aimed at fighting malnutrition and targeting children between the ages of 23 months and six years, who will be provided with free Micro Nutrient Powders, was launched last week during a function held at Nsinze Sub-county …
United Nations resident co-ordinator, Bishow Parajuli yesterday described the food situation in Matabeleland North as dire, with a large number of children failing to attend school because of hunger. Addressing journalists in Bulawayo after the conclusion of a two-day field visit to Bubi, Lupane and Binga, Parajuli said the number …
FENTALE, Ethiopia — Sitting in the blistering sun as she cradles her 2-month-old baby, Genet Tamisat is one of hundreds of mothers waiting to have their children checked for malnutrition, as Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades. “I have nothing to eat at home. I can’t even buy maize …
About 37 per cent of Nigerians are suffering from malnutrition, the Minister of state for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has said. She disclosed this on Thursday, at a one-day stakeholders dialogue on the Reviewed National Policy on Food and Nutrition, organised by the ministry in Abuja. Ahmed, who …
A World Bank Specialist on Welfare Economics, Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa says Nigeria loses 1.5 billion dollars in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Okunmadewa said this at the Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the reviewed Draft National Policy on Food and Nutrition (NPFN) by the Federal Ministry of …
AHMEDABAD: The Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat has revealed that 1.47 lakh of the 43 lakh children at anganwadis in the state were found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The revelation underscores how malnutrition continues to remain a challenge in Gujarat, an economically progressive state whose development model …
The two institutes include Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS). Gujarat government has spent more than Rs 2 crore for getting a survey done on prevalence of malnutrition in the state through two national institutes, but so far there is no report …
Some 300,000 children out of the over 13 million under-five year-olds who are suffering from chronic malnutrition in Nigeria are at risk of dying from the disease, a local organization has warned.The Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) said the children will die this year if an immediate remedy …
More than 58 000 children in drought-hit Somalia will starve to death if they do not receive urgent support, the UN has warned. The situation in the country, where dry conditions are exacerbated by an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern, was "alarming and could get worse", the UN said …
Some 260,000 people died in Somalia as a result of a drought earlier this decade More than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought there, the UN says. A stark warning issued by the UN's humanitarian office, Ocha, said the malnutrition situation is "alarming". It added …
A close examination of Bihar's recent growth experience reveals several paradoxes. These are paradoxes only with reference to certain orthodox positions widely held in development economics. Resolving these paradoxes helps formulate a more incisive understanding of what bottlenecks lie in the way of eliminating poverty in Bihar and opens the …
Six-year-old Karthik from Ramanagaram had his eye balls jutting out along with persistent fever since he was two. Born to a diabetic auto rickshaw driver and a mother who does odd jobs to earn money for his treatment, Karthik was diagnosed with cancer at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, six …
Luanda — A delegation of the European Union (EU) in Angola is announcing this Wednesday in Luanda the granting this year of EUR 1.3 million to fight hunger and malnutrition of children and vulnerable people affected by drought that is hitting the southern region of the country. This sum will …
