UN launches USD2 billion global humanitarian response to fight COVID-19 in 51 countries across South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia NEW YORK, 25 March 2020 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today launched a $2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in some...
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The humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region of Africa is spiralling out of control - with more than 5 million people facing severe food insecurity across the region, according to a new joint food security assessment released by food security partners including the United...
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The UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank inter-agency team update the joint global and regional estimates of malnutrition among children under 5 years of age each year. These estimates of prevalence and numbers affected for child stunting, overweight, wasting and severe wasting are derived for...
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Upcoming negotiations at the Committee on World Food Security to finalize the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems for Nutrition This month the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) released a draft version of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems for Nutrition (VGFSyN) for the upcoming...
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) announced support for a new programme to increase incomes, improve food and nutrition security and build the resilience of at least 902,500 rural Mozambican farmers, in one of the African countries most affected by...
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Eight rural schools in Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces have been able to start serving daily hot meals to some 4,000 primary school students, thanks to funding from Japan, technical support from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and local implementing partner, the Training and...
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The economic impact of malnutrition, overweight and obesity in El Salvador – also known as the double burden of malnutrition – totalled 2,559 million dollars in 2017. This is equivalent to 10.3 per cent of GDP, according to a report published by ECLAC and WFP. El...
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Enabling young children to achieve their full developmental potential is a human right and an essential requisite for sustainable development. Given the critical importance of enabling children to make the best start in life, the health sector, among other sectors, has an important role and responsibility to...
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The three United Nations' Rome-based agencies dedicated to food and agriculture called for bolder action to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls in the agricultural sector and beyond Securing sustainable global food systems is only possible if women everywhere are empowered and their rights...
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The National Nutrition Centre of the Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Sports and UNICEF presented Frameworks of Action for Complementary Feeding and Maternal Nutrition at an event that included participants from several ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Ministry...
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The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic presented the results of a large-scale assessment of “Filling the nutrient gap” based on estimates of the cost of diets. The Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic for Social Affairs Altynay Omurbekova, representatives...
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