Committee addressing child malnutrition emphasises First 1,000 Days of Life initiative
The 'First 1,000 Days of Life' starts from early pregnancy until a child is two years old.
Wed Jul 03 2024
Orphans in Congo fed palm weevil larvae in bid to beat malnutrition
About a quarter of Congo's 99 million people face a food crisis and half of all orphans suffer from malnutrition, says World Food Programme.
Sat Jun 29 2024
Sudan's cemeteries swell with fresh graves as hunger and disease spread
The war has devastated a healthcare system already under strain before the fighting began.
Sat Jun 22 2024
Consider This: Urban Poverty - Precarity Persists, Post-Pandemic
Post-pandemic, KL's low-income households remain in a state of financial precarity, according to the recently released report ‘Living on the Edge’ by UNICEF. While there's been a recovery in incomes and unemployment, the escalating living costs and food prices leaves many households teetering on the edge, in which one in two children are forced to skip meals and have fewer than three meals daily. How can we prevent these families from slipping through the cracks amidst the ongoing cost of living crisis? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Juanita Vasquez Escallon, Chief of Social Policy of UNICEF Malaysia, and Dr Muhammed Khalid, Lead Researcher of DM Analytics.
Wed May 08 2024
Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says
The IPC estimated two people out of every 10,000 dying daily from starvation or from malnutrition and disease.
Tue Mar 19 2024
UNICEF says over 13,000 children killed in Gaza in Israel offensive
According to UNICEF, many kids were suffering from severe malnutrition and did not "even have the energy to cry."
Mon Mar 18 2024
Five ways Indonesia is tackling under-nutrition in children
Stunting is a major problem in Indonesia, but one municipality is hoping to eliminate it in 2024.
Sun Mar 03 2024
Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil's Yanomami
Yanomami people are dying from flu, malaria and malnutrition brought into the Amazon rainforest reservation by resurgent illegal miners.
Sat Jan 20 2024
In a warming world, hunger stalks Guatemala's Mayan highlands
Across the country, severe malnutrition cases among children under five were up by more than a third at nearly 21,400.
Fri Sep 29 2023
Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
Without enough staff to care for them, they succumbed to severe malnutrition and dehydration, the doctor said.
Mon May 29 2023
Fleeing drought, Somalis face malnutrition and cholera in Kenya
At Dadaab alone, at least 6,000 Somalis fleeing hunger have arrived at the camp since the start of the year, UN data shows.
Tue Feb 28 2023
Yanomami health crisis in Brazil can only be solved by expelling miners, official says
About 20,000 wildcat miners on the Yanomami reservation in northern Brazil have brought malaria and severe food shortages.
Wed Feb 08 2023
Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition
Lula said the aim of the declaration was to restore health services to the Yanomami people that had been dismantled by Jair Bolsonaro.
Mon Jan 23 2023
Half a million Somali children face hunger in world's worst famine this century
More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, UN said.
Wed Sep 14 2022
A year of Taliban rule gives Afghanistan security but little hope
Afghanistan struggles with rising poverty, drought, malnutrition and fading hope among women that they will have a decisive role.
Mon Aug 15 2022