Tag:Malnutrition
Afghanistan
Taliban Rule Exacerbates Malnutrition Crisis: Afghan Women and Children Hardest Hit
Dozens of malnourished children are registered every day, in serious need of medical attention. Some of them suffer from moderate to acute malnutrition with...
Child mortality
Pakistan Winter Pneumonia: Thousands of Children Affected; Hundreds Dead
Islamabad has long grappled with the challenge of increasing vaccine uptake in a nation where misinformation is rife and some fringe clerics declare it...
Disaster Management
Plates and Spoons to Tackle Malnutrition in Malawi
After Cyclone Freddy ravaged Malawi, displacing families and threatening communities with malnutrition, a locally promoted project, Chithando, a offering cooking lessons and special plates,...
Accountability
UNDP Calls for Unfreezing Afghan Assets as Taliban Have Reversed Gains of Past Decade
In its latest report on Afghanistan under Taliban rule, the UNDP says that ten years of Afghan economic growth have been reversed in just...
Food Security
Rice Fortification – One Year On
151 districts in 24 states lifted fortified rice the government has said, adding that the number of rice mills having blending infrastructure for fortified...
Afghanistan
Time Running Out to Address Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis; Without a Functioning Central Bank, Aid Not Enough
The drought and a shortage of funds has fuelled an economic crisis – more than 70 percent of Afghanistan’s population live in rural areas...
Afghanistan
Entire Afghan generation’ faces food insecurity says UN Official
Afghanistan is in an unparalleled state of food insecurity and malnutrition as acute hunger has risen from 14 million in July, to 23 million...
Agriculture
War in Ukraine Poised to Threaten Global Food Security
Ukraine has long been the “breadbasket” of Europe, but the fighting could disrupt global wheat trade, with knock-on impacts on food prices and overall...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
