Malnutrition

The paper uses a food systems approach to analyze the bidirectional relationships between climate change and food and nutrition along the entire food value chain. It then identifies adaptation and mitigation interventions for each step of the food value chain to move toward a more climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive food system.

Publication Date:

01/05/2017

Author(s): Jessica Fanzo, Rebecca McLaren, Claire Davis, Jowel Choufani

Source: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Tags:

Climate Change, Health, Malnutrition, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, India, Global, Climate Impacts, Nutrition, Food Security, Obesity

Health

Ministry of health plans six-year project to improve nutrition status

NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s ministry of health in partnership with multilateral donors and academia on Thursday launched a six year project to promote nutrition status in the country through mass f

Publication Date:

01/05/2017

Source: Coast Week (Kenya)

Tags:

Health, Nutrition, Kenya, Malnutrition, Child Health, Africa

Agriculture

Kenya launches new drought-tolerant crop varieties to boost food security

Kenya’s ministry of agriculture on Tuesday launched several drought resistant and high yielding crop varieties to be deployed in 21 arid and semi arid counties where hunger and malnutrition is ramp

Publication Date:

01/05/2017

Source: Coast Week (Kenya)

Tags:

Agriculture, Food Security, Droughts, Food Crops, Malnutrition, Kenya, Africa

Food Policy

Nigeria: Acute Malnutrition Not Peculiar to Northern Nigeria, Official Warns

The Ministry of Health has warned of the presence of acute malnutrition in different parts of the country.

Publication Date:

01/05/2017

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Food Security, Malnutrition, Food Policy, Nigeria, Famine, Starvation, Africa

Health

Governing multisectoral action for health in low- and middle-income countries

he 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by countries at the United Nations in 2015 sets forth a comprehensive vision of development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets across all aspects of society [1]. The 2030 Agenda document is ambitious and explicit about the need for integrated and sustained action across society to address complex challenges such as ending extreme poverty, reducing widening economic inequality, tackling climate change, and reducing and preventing conflict.

Publication Date:

25/04/2017

Author(s): Kumanan Rasanathan, Sara Bennett, Vincent Atkins

Source: PLoS Medicine

pp:

1-9

Tags:

Health, Developing Countries, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Health Care, Health For All, Sleeping Sickness, Uganda, Pakistan, Child Health, Malnutrition, Alcoholism, Tobacco, Philippines, Health Policy, Poverty

Health

The cost of the double burden of malnutrition: Social and economic impact

The epidemiological and nutrition transition of Latin American countries imposes a double challenge for nutrition and food security public policies. On the one hand, to continue the task of eradicating young child undernutrition and, on the other, to face the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity.

Publication Date:

24/04/2017

Source: UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Tags:

Malnutrition, Obesity, Nutrition, Child Health, Health Effects, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico

Climate Change

Climate change will fuel terrorism recruitment, report for German foreign office says

Climate change will fuel acts of terrorism and strengthen recruiting efforts by terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, a report commissioned by the German foreign office has found.

Publication Date:

20/04/2017

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Africa, Food Security, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Malnutrition