malnutrition

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Statistics: 1 Out of 5 Children In Ghana Is Stunted

Statistics from the Ghana Health Service has shown that one out of five children in the country is stunted. The...

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80% of Yemen Children In Need of Immediate Aid

A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the...

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Chairman of Metito Joins In Eradicating Malnutrition In Support of the United Nations SDGs

The Intergovernmental Institution for the use of micro-algae spirulina against malnutrition (IIMSAM), the...

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Yemen Famine Risk Rising As Cholera Diverts Resources

Aid groups have pulled resources from the fight against malnutrition to battle cholera in Yemen, raising the risk of...

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Nigerian Camps Under Strain From Returning Refugees

An upsurge in Boko Haram attacks and returnees from Cameroon are stretching camps for those made homeless by the...

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WFP Chief Urges EU To Step Up Funds For Africa Famine

The UN food agency's director urged the European Union on Monday to help raise the $1 billion needed over the next few...

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In Mosul, Ghostly Civilians Emerge From Old City Hell

They all say they are back from "hell". Quivering and emaciated, the civilians emerging from Mosul's Old City have...

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GDCA, Partners To Establish Soya Bean Factories In Northern Region

Ahead of government’s implementation of the much touted one-district-one-factory policy, the Ghana Developing...

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Japan Politician Retracts ‘starve North Koreans’ Call

A Japanese governor has retracted his call for North Koreans to be "starved to death" if Pyongyang were to target his...

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Starvation Looms As Food Runs Out In Drought-Hit Ethiopia

The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and...

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Avoid Meat, Eggs and Lust, Pregnant Indians Told

Pregnant women in India are being advised to stay away from meat, eggs and lust -- drawing derision from health experts...

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Nutrition Policy Forum Held In Bimbilla

A nutrition policy forum was held in Bimbilla in the Northern Region. The Head of Programs for Grameen Ghana, a...

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Canadian Minister Bibeau To Visit South Sudan

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will travel to South...

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Villagers Fear S.Sudan Famine

South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and...

International

Ethiopia’s Emergency Food Aid To Run Out Next Month

Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid for 7.8 million people affected by drought at the end of this month, the UN...

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Farmers Call To Return Home

Farmers and fishermen displaced by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria want to return home, saying it will help...

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First Lady Launches ‘reducing Malaria and Malnutrition Initiative’

Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization chaired by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has...

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First Lady Launches ‘Reducing Malaria and Malnutrition’ Initiative

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has launched the “Reducing Malaria and Malnutrition" initiative as part of efforts...

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South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years

South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...