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 …
Almost 100 percent water used by the slum people in Dhaka faces faecal contamination, which causes various diarrhoeal diseases and consequently, malnutrition, mostly to children, says a new study. The contamination is caused basically after collection of water from the last point of water supply by the Water and Sewerage …
MUMBAI: The controversy-ridden state woman and child development department is back in the spotlight for floating a seemingly inflated Rs 100 crore scheme to fight malnourishment among children in rural Maharashtra. The scheme that envisages feeding children a pre-packed nutritious paste thrice a day for 72 days is being offered …
Deteriorating security conditions have severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months, putting an estimated 400,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. "These children are among the most vulnerable …
Yola — The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has disclosed that no less than $144 million was required to treat two million children suffering from acute malnutrition in the country. UNICEF also explained that of the 2.5 million children who needed treatment for malnutrition, only about 500 were treated, leaving …
“Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa” is the theme for the 52nd annual meeting of the African Development Bank meeting in Ahmedabad, India. The event kicks off today and will bring together about 3,000 delegates from 81 member countries.
More than 2.6 million Kenyans are severely food insecure and this number is rapidly rising. During the lean season (July to September) many families will experience Emergency acute food insecurity, just one step away from famine. Humanitarian needs and response 2.6 million people severely food insecure 343,559 children acutely malnourished …
About N45bn, approximately $142m at the rate of N315 per dollar is needed for procurement of Ready To Use Food (RUTF) to save two million severely malnourished children in Nigeria. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which made the disclosure, said it has been able to reach about 500,000 SAM children …
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the world’s first comprehensive blueprint for sustainable development. Launched at the end of 2015, this Agenda frames health and well-being as both outcomes and foundations of social inclusion, poverty reduction and environmental protection. From a health perspective, development can be said to be …
Some of the items that the government has strictly asked schools to ban from their canteens include chips, ice lollies, sherbats, gulab jamun, noodles, pizza, burger, and pani puri, among others With an aim to promote healthy eating among school students, the Maharashtra government has now banned junk food from …
Kenya will double maternity leave to six months from three if a bill before parliament is passed in a bid to boost the health of mothers and babies. But the new law has been opposed by employer groups who say businesses cannot afford to give women the time off, even …
Five months into 2017, there is still no budget or funding for 2.5 million Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children in the country. And like in previous years, about 500,000 of them risk death before year end according to a recent report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). At the …
The projected number of children expected to suffer has skyrocketed, doubling since January of this year. The country's combination of drought, dislocation, and disease is proving fatal for children. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced in a statement on Tuesday that the number of children projected to suffer from acute …
The number of malnourished children in Maracha district is worrying health officials and political leaders. Sunday Cadribo the District Health Officer (DHO) Maracha has confirmed. He said, a total of 234 children are reported malnourished in the district with girls leading. Cadribo said 59.4percent of the malnourished children are girls …
The Ministry of Health has warned of the presence of acute malnutrition in different parts of the country. The ministry on Friday warned that malnutrition was not peculiar to Northern Nigeria, saying Delta State alone has about 40,000 proven cases of acute malnutrition. Speaking at a two-day media dialogue on …
Kenya’s ministry of agriculture on Tuesday launched several drought resistant and high yielding crop varieties to be deployed in 21 arid and semi arid counties where hunger and malnutrition is rampant. Principal Secretary for Livestock, Andrew Tuimur said the drought tolerant crops including beans, green grams, cassava and grain amaranth …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s ministry of health in partnership with multilateral donors and academia on Thursday launched a six year project to promote nutrition status in the country through mass fortification of key staples. Cabinet Secretary for Health Cleopa Mailu said the Kenya National Food Fortification Program seeks to combat …
The paper uses a food systems approach to analyze the bidirectional relationships between climate change and food and nutrition along the entire food value chain. It then identifies adaptation and mitigation interventions for each step of the food value chain to move toward a more climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive food system. The …
he 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by countries at the United Nations in 2015 sets forth a comprehensive vision of development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets across all aspects of society [1]. The 2030 Agenda document is ambitious and explicit about the need for integrated …
The epidemiological and nutrition transition of Latin American countries imposes a double challenge for nutrition and food security public policies. On the one hand, to continue the task of eradicating young child undernutrition and, on the other, to face the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. The international relevance of …
Climate change will fuel acts of terrorism and strengthen recruiting efforts by terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, a report commissioned by the German foreign office has found. Terrorist groups will exploit the natural disasters and water and food shortages expected to result from climate change and …
