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 …
Over the years, radio has proved to be a very effective and useful tool when communicating to masses and more so to those who cannot access other media such as newspapers and television. Development experts and those in advocacy and communication have heavily relied on this medium to channel out …
Malnutrition is a challenge to the health and productivity of populations and is viewed as one of the five largest adverse health impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, systematic evidence quantifying these impacts is currently limited. Our aim was to assess the scientific evidence base for the impact of climate change …
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said the state government has started the process to set up a "State Nutrition Commission" and formulate a "State Nutrition Policy" to address malnutrition among children. The chief minister was speaking at an event organised for the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" programme …
CM's statement that state has witnessed decline in malnutrition came amid claims and counter-claims over yet-to-be released UNICEF’s Rapid Survey on Children. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday asserted that malnutrition in Gujarat has fallen by 25 per cent over the last five years, and figures in the contentious UNICEF …
The green revolution and the global integration of food markets were supposed to relegate scarcity to the annals of history. So why did thousands of people in dozens of countries take to the streets when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011? Are food riots the surest route to …
This report discusses how the major urban development schemes in India do not adequately take into account issues related to children’s health, education, growth, safety and participation. The rising urbanisation in India presents an opportunity to design child-friendly cities, those that have a system of local governance, are committed to …
Anthropogenic declines of animal pollinators and the associated effects on human nutrition are of growing concern. We quantified the nutritional and health outcomes associated with decreased intake of pollinator-dependent foods for populations around the world. The researchers assembled a database of supplies of 224 types of food in 156 countries. …
Hyderabad: A study published in the Journal of Nutrition has pointed out that increase in food prices during the global recession in 2009 led to “wasting”, that is underweight issues in children in AP. Researchers found that wasted children in 2009 were 28 per cent while in 2002 and 2006 …
Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection, so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods, a new UN report says. This would average $160 annually …
Though India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, it is categorised as making ‘slow’ progress on the other 10 parameters including maternal mortality, access to sanitation etc., according to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Report 2015 released on Tuesday “India hasn’t done that badly on the poverty goals. …
Three northern districts of Rulindo, Musanze and Nyabihu have received Rwf700m for funding climate change adaptation measures. The funding, from FONERWA, is meant to ensure green economy as well as address food insecurity and malnutrition in rural communities. FONERWA is a national fund established in 2012 by the Government as …
A severe drought in North Korea is putting the lives of children at risk and many are in serious danger of disease and malnutrition, the U.N. children's agency said on Wednesday. UNICEF said in a statement that there had been in a sharp increase in cases of diarrhoea among children …
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change and United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have agreed at a meeting to work together to address climates risks to the agriculture sector, issues of escalating food insecurity and mal-nutrition in the country and increase the forest area in the country. “Pakistan’s agriculture …
A new survey has revealed substantial disparities still exist in relation to wealth, gender and location in Bangladesh despite it made remarkable progress in many areas of the wellbeing of women and children. The complete results of the 2012-13 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), conducted by the government-run Bangladesh Bureau …
JAIPUR: Efforts are being made to intensify the fight against malnutrition among the children in the state, but still Rajasthan has 36.5% of children (under-5 years), who have stunted growth. The situation is grave in rural areas. Out of total children in rural areas, there are 39.1% children with stunted …
Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people and more than half of population in South Asia lack access to improved sanitation says this final MDG report launched today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have produced the most successful …
Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue fever outbreak in Aden was rapidly gaining pace. Yemen, which has long struggled with poverty and hunger, has …
Global food prices have risen sharply since 2007. The impact of food price spikes on the risk of malnutrition in children is not well understood. The researchers investigated the associations between food price spikes and childhood malnutrition in Andhra Pradesh, one of India’s largest states, with >85 million people. Because …
While on a recent visit to Excel Modern nursery and primary school in Kitumba village, Kamuganguzi sub- county in Kabale district, Judith Ekyansimire, a village health team (VHT) leader, noticed something in the pupils. They were malnourished. "The school has many malnourished children because they feed on mainly posho and …
According to this research published in the journal The Lancet, climate change poses a potentially “catastrophic risk” to public health due to increased risk of the spread of disease, food insecurity and air pollution among many other things. The 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change has been formed …
