News tagged with “malnutrition”. Found:
78 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 78 tagged news reports
Progress on the food front --
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | about 4 hours ago
Credibility
Progress on the food front Thursday, November 26th 2009 Advocates of worthy causes, no less than politicians, often have a habit of presenting data in a way that furthers their own agenda. One recent example of this is the claim that a child dies from...
Tags: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Starvation, Malnutrition, Poverty, Famines, Population, Food security, Humanitarian aid, Nutrition
Women’s effort to fight hunger bearing fruit in Daadab
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 11 hours ago
Credibility As Kenya contemplates a policy shift from rain-fed agriculture to irrigation, some women in North Eastern Province are ahead of the game: they have turned to rain water harvesting for food production and their efforts are bearing fruit. With an annual...
Tags: Dadaab Umbrella, Somalia, Mogadishu, Environment, Agronomy, Agriculture, Food politics, Malnutrition, Dadaab, Irrigation, Food security, Humanitarian aid
One in 6 children works: Unicef
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 17 hours ago
Credibility One in every six children in Bangladesh toils as a child labourer, while nearly 3.3 crore children are living under the poverty line. Wednesday at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital revealed these information. As much as 56 percent of the 6.3 crore children...
Tags: poverty line, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Child poverty, Malnutrition, Poverty, Social Issues, Socioeconomics, Labor
GLOBAL: $8.8 billion the magic malnutrition number?
Dakar :: Senegal | about 21 hours ago
Credibility It would take US$8.8 billion annually over several years to halve the number of malnourished children worldwide, currently at some 178 million, says Save the Children in a new eight-point action plan . In its report, Hungry for change, Save the Children...
Tags: Alex Rees, IRIN, Ethiopian, World Bank, acute malnutrition, DFID, told irin, cash transfers, nutrition interventions, nutrition strategy, Senegal, Dakar, Hunger, World Food Programme, Malnutrition, Poverty, Food security, Humanitarian aid, Nutrition, Public health
School meals key to education?
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Zoellick in a foreword to the Rethinking School Feeding: Social Safety Nets, Child Development, and the Education Sector report. The report noted that school meal programmes are most effective when twinned with other measures such as de-worming and provision...
Tags: schools meals, meals programmes, World Bank, WFP, New York City, Fill the Cup, Josette Sheeran, Education, World Food Programme, Malnutrition, United Nations, Meals on Wheels
Lack of vitamins in children is serious
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 1 day ago
Credibility Pacific island countries, while the rate of anaemia is the highest among women of child-bearing age 15 to 44 years. The manager of National Food and Nutrition Centre Dr Jimaima Schultz spoke about these problems at the regional symposium on population...
Tags: Vitamin, Fiji Islands, Suva, Health Medical Pharma, Malnutrition, Zinc, Anemia, Hematology, Zinc deficiency, Nutritional deficiencies, Disaster Accident, Nutrition, Vitamin A deficiency
SYRIA: Drought response faces funding shortfall
Damascus :: Syria | 2 days ago
Credibility With a few weeks left before the end of this year’s planting season, UN officials have raised concerns over the lack of funds to help drought-hit farmers and herders in northeastern Syria. “The situation is worrying. We have six weeks left before we miss...
Tags: Syrian, Abdulla Bin Yehia, WFP, drought response, IRIN, animal feed, told irin, Mohamad Alloush, Syria, Damascus, Food politics, Drought, Malnutrition, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, Environment, Disaster Accident
'6 children die every second' -- In the Commonwealth...
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Cropper was delivering the keynote address at the opening plenary session of the Commonwealth People’s Forum at the Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s yesterday when she made the statements. The 300-plus audience however, was somewhat taken aback by the statements,...
Tags: dual, Commonwealth People, Dr Angela Cropper, children die, New York City, Malnutrition, Angela Cropper, world food price crisis, Food, Commonwealth of Nations, Humanitarian aid, Food politics, Poverty
Africa: New Hope for Africa's Farmers
Washington :: WA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility New Hope for Africa's Farmers Cindy Shiner with Tami Hultman 23 November 2009 analysis Some 218 million people in Africa struggle with hunger daily – about 30 percent of the continent’s total population, according to the U.N.
Tags: Africa, Washington, Hunger, Agriculture, Disaster, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Malnutrition, Disaster Accident, Environment, Social Issues
Business Forum: Give thanks and help
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 2 days ago
Credibility As we sit down to enjoy our food, football, family and friends on Thursday, we should pause to share how we might help those whose plates will be empty this Thanksgiving. With thousands of Minnesotans out of work -- and increasing stress on thousands...
Tags: General Mills, World Food Program Cargill, Land O'Lakes Foundation, United Way, million pounds, Indonesia, Jakarta, Fight Hunger, Hunger, Food bank, Click-to-donate sites, Malnutrition, World Food Programme
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
