Health

Household food expenditure, dietary diversity, and child nutrition in Nepal

Over the past two decades, many developing countries have achieved remarkable progress in improving dietary quality and reducing child-stunting rates. But understanding of the linkages between food expenditures, dietary quality, and nutritional outcomes is limited.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2017
Ganesh Thapa, Anjani Kumar, P. K. Joshi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
Child Health, Nutrition, Nepal, Food Prices
Food Policy

UN says food security in Somalia unlikely to improve before 2018

MOGADISHU Somalia (Xinhua) -- Food and nutrition security situation in Somalia is not likely to improve before the end of the year or January 2018, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2017
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Somalia, Nutrition, FAO, Africa, Droughts
Health

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nutrition Level Under ICDS Scheme, 28/07/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nutrition Level Under ICDS Scheme, 28/07/2017. As on 31.03.2017, 9.83 crore beneficiaries availed the Supplementary Nutrition under the Anganwadi Services of Umbrella ICDS Scheme. A statement showing the funds allocated and utilised under ICDS scheme for Supplementary Nutrition during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise is annexed.

Publication Date: 
Friday, July 28, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Children, Nutrition, Food Security, India, Statistics, Parliament
Health

ICMR to conduct National Comprehensive Health and Nutrition Survey

CHENNAI: Facing a serious dearth of quality data that in turn hampers formulation of policy and legislation on dealing with non-communicable diseases, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Publication Date: 
24/07/2017
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Nutrition, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), WHO, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Diabetes, Hypertension (Blood Pressure), Health
Environment

Articulating social and environmental policy for sustainable development: Practical options in Latin America and the Caribbean

Elaborated in the framework of the UNDP-UN Environment “Poverty Environment Initiative” (PEI), this publication identifies entry points to integrate environmental sustainability and social protection goals.

Publication Date: 
12/07/2017
UNDP-UN Environment Poverty-Environment Initiative
Tags:
Environment, Poverty, Sustainable Development, Ecosystem Services, Food Security, Nutrition, Brazil, Colombia, Climate Impacts, Dominican Rep, Mexico, Environment Management
Health

Open to changes in new standards for food supplements: FSSAI

Food regulator FSSAI today assured the food supplements and nutraceuticals industry that it is open to making changes in the new standards to support growth of the sector, but without compromising

Publication Date: 
07/07/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Food Safety, Regulations, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Food Process Industry, Health Effects, Nutrition, Health
Agriculture

Zimbabwe: Chitungwiza Community Gets Nutritional Garden

Chitungwiza Rotary Club in partnership with Citi-Med Hospital yesterday launched a nutritional garden project for the community. The garden is composed of vegetables rich in bioactive compounds.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Health, Nutrition, Zimbabwe, Agriculture, Vegetables, Africa
Food Policy

Lessons from five cities on urban food policy

The report, “What makes urban food policy happen?”, features case studies from five cities on four continents.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2017
Eco Business
Tags:
Food Policy, Food Security, Global, Nutrition, Agriculture, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Kenya, Africa, Poverty, Obesity
Food Policy

Only 3 African countries have low-level hunger: Report

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 on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2017
World Bulletin
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Africa, Starvation, Ethiopia, Congo, Nigeria, Children, Child Health, Nutrition
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

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