Malnutrition

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2021 14 January

The European Union helps WFP avert a hunger catastrophe in Burkina Faso

A donation of € 4.2 million from the European Union (EU) contributed to WFP’s efforts to stave off a hunger catastrophe in Burkina Faso, where 2 million people are struggling to feed themselves due to the combined effects of conflict, climate shocks and the socio-economic...

2021 12 January

Drought and pandemic double number of hungry people in Madagascar

David Martin | Climate COVID19 Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Three consecutive years of drought coupled with a sharp recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic will leave a third of the population in Southern Madagascar struggling to put food on the table. With severe malnutrition rates continuing to spiral and many children forced to beg...

2021 08 January

Children to suffer from acute malnutrition in the DRC, Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen in 2021

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

UNICEF is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen. These are all countries or regions experiencing...

2020 24 December

Nigeria National Nutrition Week highlights the need for nutrition in COVID-19 response

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Investments Malnutrition SUN Country Network 0

* Originally published by Nutrition International Nigeria observed National Nutrition Week, an annual event to rally efforts to address the burden of malnutrition in the country. This year’s theme, “Nutrition: The Bedrock for Economic Development,” underscored the critical role of nutrition in development plans and COVID-19 recovery efforts. The...

2020 18 December

UN agencies’ alarm at worsening hunger in South Sudan

David Martin | Child nutrition Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Three United Nations organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudan’s Pibor County in Jonglei State, where people have run out of food and are facing catastrophic levels of hunger according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report...

2020 15 December

Global leaders committed to address hunger and nutrition crisis

David Martin | Child nutrition Global initiatives Malnutrition N4G SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

The Governments of Canada and Bangladesh, in partnership with the Government of Japan, today hosted a virtual launch of the Nutrition for Growth Year of Action, setting in motion a year-long effort to address a global hunger and nutrition crisis that has been exacerbated by the...

2020 10 December

Helping rural indigenous communities tackle malnutrition in Guatemala

David Martin | Child nutrition Malnutrition Nutrition Technical Assistance SUN Country Network, SUN Donor Network 0

Guatemala is one of the countries of the Dry Corridor, a 1,600-kilometre arid stripe of land running along Central America’s Pacific Coast, from Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. For more than 10 million people living in these harsh lands, hunger, poverty and malnutrition are an...

2020 09 December

Inequality in the geographical distribution of malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean

David Martin | Child nutrition Food systems Malnutrition Regional initiatives SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

A new United Nations report shows the territorial inequality of malnutrition in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Regional Overview of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 (Panorama 2020) analyzes child overweight and stunting in the countries...

2020 07 December

New figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in Yemen

David Martin | Child nutrition Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned. New Integrated Food Security Phase...

2020 27 November

The cost of the double burden of malnutrition in Honduras

David Martin | Child nutrition Malnutrition Nutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The study “The cost of the double burden of malnutrition: social and economic impact in Honduras” was presented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the Government of Honduras, through the Health...