Health

Overfed, obese children are malnourished too

Visakhapatnam: Underfed children are not the only ones who are malnourished.

Publication Date: 
13/07/2017
Times of India (Visakhapatnam)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Obesity, Child Health, Malnutrition, Children, Lifestyles, Health Effects, Health
Environment

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2016: SDG baseline report

Asia and the Pacific, a region with an impressive development track record, will need to step up its overall development reform effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), at the High-level Political Forum on S

Publication Date: 
10/07/2017
UNESCAP
Tags:
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asia, India, Poverty, Malnutrition, Education, Health, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Energy, Economic Development, Urbanisation, Climate Change, Industry
Health

Malnutrition on the rise in S. Sudan’s Pibor county: MSF

The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition in the areas surrounding Pibor, eastern South Sudan, has trebled in a year and is likely to continue rising, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Publication Date: 
07/07/2017
Sudan Tribune
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Child Health, Sudan, Children, Food Security, Africa
Food Policy

Hunger rife among Rohingya children after Myanmar crackdown -WFP

More than 80,000 young children may need treatment for malnutrition in part of western Myanmar where the army cracked down on stateless Rohingya Muslims last year, the World Food Programme (WFP) sa

Publication Date: 
06/07/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, Children, Child Health, Myanmar, World Food Programme (WFP), Food Supply
Food Policy

South Sudan food security deteriorates further despite official end of famine

An updated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) was released in June, highlighting that food security has deteriorated further in South Sudan.

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
Big News Network
Tags:
Food Security, Sudan, Famine, Starvation, Malnutrition, Children, Africa, Food Supply
Poverty

2016 Global Hunger Index: Africa

Only three of Africa’s 54 countries are considered to have low levels of hunger, says a Global Hunger Index update released in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2017
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Tags:
Food Security, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Poverty, Africa
Health

Mansa records low child malnutrition levels

GOVERNMENT has scaled up its nutrition programme in Mansa aimed at reducing malnutrition levels through implementation

Publication Date: 
30/06/2017
Daily Mail (Zambia)
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Child Health, Children, Zambia, Nutrition, Africa
Health

Mwinilunga records reduced malnutrition

MWINILUNGA district has recorded reduced malnutrition levels from 4.2 percent to 1.7 percent since 2015 to date.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Daily Mail (Zambia)
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Zambia, Child Health, WHO, Africa
Health

National Food and Nutrition Commission introduces a HIP project targeting malnourished adult in rural Zambia

The National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) says it has introduced a project called Health Improved Partnership (HIP) aimed at reducing malnutrition levels in the most affected rural communit

Publication Date: 
29/06/2017
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Health, Nutrition, Zambia, Malnutrition, Africa
Health

Lifestyle illnesses reach tribals too: Study

Lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are no longer just urban phenomena.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2017
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Lifestyles, Tribals, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Non Communicable Diseases, Malnutrition, Health

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