Three northern districts of Rulindo, Musanze and Nyabihu have received Rwf700m for funding climate change adaptation measures.

Though India has halved its incidence of extreme poverty, it is categorised as making ‘slow’ progress on the other 10 parameters including maternal mortality, access to sanitation etc., according t

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change and United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have agreed at a meeting to work together to address climates risks to the agriculture sector,

Southern Asia faces the greatest hunger burden, with about 281 million undernourished people and more than half of population in South Asia lack access to improved sanitation says this final MDG report launched today by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

JAIPUR: Efforts are being made to intensify the fight against malnutrition among the children in the state, but still Rajasthan has 36.5% of children (under-5 years), who have stunted growth.

A new survey has revealed substantial disparities still exist in relation to wealth, gender and location in Bangladesh despite it made remarkable progress in many areas of the wellbeing of women an

Shells fired by Yemen's dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned a dengue f

Global food prices have risen sharply since 2007. The impact of food price spikes on the risk of malnutrition in children is not well understood. The researchers investigated the associations between food price spikes and childhood malnutrition in Andhra Pradesh, one of India’s largest states, with >85 million people.

While on a recent visit to Excel Modern nursery and primary school in Kitumba village, Kamuganguzi sub- county in Kabale district, Judith Ekyansimire, a village health team (VHT) leader, noticed so

Around 56 per cent children covered under Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme in government and community schools in Andhra Pradesh were malnourished, 35 per cent in the mild under nourished condition and on

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