Health

Tanzania: Worry As Kagera Grapples With Child Malnutrition

Bukoba — LEADERS and residents in Kagera Region have been urged to take a holistic approach to ensure that unnecessary deaths resulting from malnutrition especially in under five children are broug

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Child Health, Tanzania, Children, Africa
Food Policy

After Somalia's famine, hunger persists

At a hospital in Mogadishu's Yaqshid district, children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, worsened by stomach and chest infections, are receiving treatment that is likely saving their young

Publication Date: 
01/05/2015
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Somalia, Famine, Africa, Malnutrition, Child Health
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on malnourishment in Chhattisgarh, 30/04/2015

One of the question raised was why despite State Government of Chhattisgarh having own Food Security Legislation, malnourishment of children and women is very high.

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Malnutrition, Chhattisgarh, Parliament, India, Child Health, Maternal Health, Women
Health

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on funds for victim of malnutrition, 30/04/2015

The questions raised were the following:

Publication Date: 
30/04/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Malnutrition, Parliament, India, Child Health, Maternal Health, Finance
Health

Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme: Public Accounts Committee (2014-15)

The Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) present this Fourteenth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on `Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme’ based on C&AG Report No. 22 of 2012-13, Union Government (Civil) relating to the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

Publication Date: 
27/04/2015
Lok Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Children, Child Health, Nutrition, Malnutrition, India, Parliament
Health

Nearly 40% deaths of Mumbai girls in last 5 years due to poor diet: CAG

MUMBAI: Nearly 40% of deaths registered among girls (0 to 6 years) in the city between 2010 and 2014 have been due to lack of proper nutrition, revealed a central government report.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2015
Chittaranjan Tembhekar
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Child Health, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Nutrition, Mumbai, Tribals, Malnutrition, Health
Food Policy

Ending poverty and hunger by 2030 : an agenda for the global food system

With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combating hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional outcomes for young children and pregnant women, and boost climate-smart agriculture that can withstand a warmer planet, says a World Bank Group rep

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
World Bank
Tags:
Food Security, Poverty, Farmers, Food Prices, Nutrition, Agriculture, Climate Change, Livestock, Aquaculture, Africa, Asia, South America, India, Malnutrition, Climate Adaptation, Droughts, Floods, Extreme Weather Events, Rural Poverty
Environment

Incessant oil spill causes breathing, skin, malnutrition problems — Experts

Medical practitioners in Lagos have cited breathing problems, skin irritations and malnutrition as major effects of the incessant oil spill in the Niger Delta.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
Guardian (Nigeria)
Tags:
Environment, Oil Pollution, Health Effects, Skin Diseases, Malnutrition, Nigeria, Africa
Health

Angola: Chronic Malnutrition Prevalence in Children Reaches 29 Per Cent

Luanda — The prevalence of chronic malnutrition in Angolan children aged five and below has reached 29 per cent, informed last Monday, in Luanda, the nutritionist Futi Tati.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Malnutrition, Angola, Children, Child Health, Africa
Poverty

Mozambique’s booming capital masks rural poverty

In a country afflicted by chronic malnutrition, the fertile soil of Mozambique’s central Manica province offers up rich sustenance to those who know how to work it.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2015
Irish Times (Ireland)
Tags:
Poverty, Mozambique, Africa, Malnutrition, Rural Poverty, Unemployment

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