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Polls first, eggs & milk later
Rāichūr :: India | 27 days ago
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When it is time to serve lunch, the anganwadi teacher at centre number four in Gabbur village of Devadurga taluka, Raichur, plays a little trick on the 23 children under her care. She sends the better nourished ones out to play and gives a severely
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Kept at arm?s length
Patna :: India | 1 month ago
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Beneficiaries in Patna often keep away from anganwadi kendras due to their pathetic condition A cramped room, searing with the heat and smoke from the cooking chullah , offers no respite to the children trying to make themselves comfortable till it
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Africa: Al Jazeera's Report On the New Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition. However, economic powerhouses such as India and Nigeria are failing some of their most vulnerable citizens. Inside Story asks whether
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Counties can do much to boost child health
Siaya :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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Rating In Summary Where a child is born can mean the difference between life and death. A child born in Siaya, for example, faces a much higher risk of dying before the age of five than a child born in any other county...But in this exciting time as
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Fight vs malnutrition gets boost from Pagcor
Laoag :: Philippines | 1 month ago
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Philippines It breaks the heart to hear that as many as 562,262 pupils in kindergarten and elementary levels enrolled in public schools have been classified as severely wasted or undernourished. And it is a shame that of 562,262, the Department of
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Uneven progress on child stunting in East and Central Africa
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 month ago
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However, the condition continues to affect some 165 million children under the age of five globally. Stunting can lead to irreversible brain and body damage in children, making them more susceptible to illness and more likely to fall behind in school.
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French urge local production in Haiti
Port au Prince :: Haiti | 1 month ago
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A French diplomat in Haiti is encouraging local production to help develop the Caribbean nation's agriculture sector and stem growing malnutrition. Dominique Delpuech of the French Embassy in Port-au-Prince said at news conference Monday that this
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UN report: 165 million `stunted' children in world
Dublin :: Ireland | 1 month ago
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The United Nations Children's Fund says that more than a quarter of children under age 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and prone to early death. In a report published Monday in
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In the spotlight for the wrong reasons
New Delhi :: India | 1 month ago
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Around 12.3 lakh children in Delhi are beneciaries of the National Programme for Nutrition support to primary education or Mid-day Meal (MDM) as it is popularly known. But for the past three years, the scheme has come in for criticism for failing to
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Africa: Naming, Shaming And Praising - Introducing Hanci
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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As food banks rapidly become the face of food insecurity in western countries reeling under austerity, welfare reforms and stagnating economies, hunger and undernutrition remain stubbornly widespread in the developing world. Globally hunger affects
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