Health

Zambia: Fighting Malnutrition Through Radio

Over the years, radio has proved to be a very effective and useful tool when communicating to masses and more so to those who cannot access other media such as newspapers and television.

Publication Date: 
28/07/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Zambia, Communication, Agriculture, Farmers, Africa
Climate Change

Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition

Malnutrition is a challenge to the health and productivity of populations and is viewed as one of the five largest adverse health impacts of climate change. Nonetheless, systematic evidence quantifying these impacts is currently limited. Our aim was to assess the scientific evidence base for the impact of climate change on childhood undernutrition (particularly stunting) in subsistence farmers in low- and middle-income countries.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
27/07/2015
Revati K. Phalkey, Clara Aranda-Jan, Sabrina Marx & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1-8
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Malnutrition, Child Health, India, China, Africa, Food Crops, Legumes, Agriculture, Droughts, Floods
Health

Haryana to set up Nutrition Commission

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said the state government has started the process to set up a "State Nutrition Commission" and formulate a "State Nutrition Policy" to address

Publication Date: 
22/07/2015
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Children, UNICEF, WHO, Health
People

Forgotten voices: the world of urban children in India

This report discusses how the major urban development schemes in India do not adequately take into account issues related to children’s health, education, growth, safety and participation.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Save the Children
Tags:
Children, Urbanisation, Poverty, Slums, Governance, Child Health, Malnutrition, India, Education, Environment
Food Policy

Food riots and food rights: the moral and political economy of accountability for hunger in Kenya

The green revolution and the global integration of food markets were supposed to relegate scarcity to the annals of history. So why did thousands of people in dozens of countries take to the streets when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011? Are food riots the surest route to securing the right to food in the twenty-first century?

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Celestine Musembi, Patta Scott-Villiers
Institute of Development Studies
Tags:
Food Prices, Food Security, Malnutrition, Kenya, Economy, Agriculture
Health

UNICEF figures based on old data, malnutrition down by 25%, says CM Anandiben Patel

CM's statement that state has witnessed decline in malnutrition came amid claims and counter-claims over yet-to-be released UNICEF’s Rapid Survey on Children.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Indian Express (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Malnutrition, UNICEF, Kheda (D), Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Children, Child Health, Health
Health

Effects of decreases of animal pollinators on human nutrition and global health: a modelling analysis

Anthropogenic declines of animal pollinators and the associated effects on human nutrition are of growing concern. We quantified the nutritional and health outcomes associated with decreased intake of pollinator-dependent foods for populations around the world. The researchers assembled a database of supplies of 224 types of food in 156 countries.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Matthew R Smith, Gitanjali M Singh, Dariush Mozaffarian & et al
Lancet
1-9
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Nutrition, Non Communicable Diseases, Bees, Nutritional Diseases, China, India, Russia, Asia, Africa, South Asia, South America, Malnutrition, Global, Food Prices
Health

Food price hike caused malnutrition in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: A study published in the Journal of Nutrition has pointed out that increase in food prices during the global recession in 2009 led to “wasting”, that is underweight issues in children in

Publication Date: 
14/07/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Vegetables, Children, Child Health, Health
Poverty

Achieving zero hunger: the critical role of investments in social protection and agriculture

Eradicating world hunger sustainably by 2030 will require an estimated additional $267 billion per year on average for investments in rural and urban areas and in social protection, so poor people have access to food and can improve their livelihoods, a new UN report says.

Publication Date: 
10/07/2015
FAO
Tags:
Poverty, Malnutrition, Agriculture, Rural Development, Finance, Food Security, GDP, India, Global, Sustainable Development
Natural Disasters

Drought puts North Korean children's lives at risk - UNICEF

A severe drought in North Korea is putting the lives of children at risk and many are in serious danger of disease and malnutrition, the U.N. children's agency said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, North Korea, Children, Diseases, Malnutrition

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