nutrition
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Decline in children’s mental health, nutrition and education after the war in Lebanon: UNICEF
Mar 2, 2025The latest war in Lebanon has had a significant negative impact on children’s lives, with effects continuing to reverberate even after the ceasefire came into effect in November 2024, according to a new UNICEF report. The... -
Children’s nutrition at risk in Afghanistan
May 26, 2019Among the 2 million children under the age of five years who are suffering from acute malnutrition, 600,000 children are currently suffering from severe acute malnutrition, which is the most dangerous form of undernutrition in children.... -
Progress on food security and nutrition stagnates in Europe and Central Asia
Dec 16, 2018More than 14 million adults, and some 4.7 million children in Europe and Central Asia suffer from severe food insecurity – as defined by the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) – the Food and Agriculture Organization... -
Investing in postwar Yemen means investing in nutrition now
Aug 11, 2017News Hour Since the outbreak of civil war in Yemen in 2015, malnutrition in the Middle Eastern country has reached critical—and unprecedented—levels. According to UNICEF, the United Nations program that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to... -
Nutrition International and UNFPA partner to improve women and adolescent girls’ health
Jul 11, 2017News Hour: Nutrition International and UNFPA, the United Nations Populations Fund, announced today at the Family Planning Summit 2020 in London, a partnership to provide services integrating family planning and nutrition to improve women and adolescent... -
US fund helps providing vital nutrition support in Mozambique
Apr 20, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes an additional US$2.7 million contribution from the United States to support pregnant and nursing women, and people living with HIV (PLHIV) or TB on anti-retroviral treatment.... -
Australia announces funding to improve nutrition in Pakistan
Apr 15, 2017News Hour: The Australian Government today announced additional support worth one million dollars to the Government of Pakistan and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Pakistan to improve nutrition, eliminate hunger and attain food security... -
WFP receives European Union funding to boost nutrition in Burundi
Mar 7, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5 million from the European Union (EU) to support the Home Grown School Feeding project and boost the nutrition of 20,000 children,... -
USAID helps boost nutrition, relief and livelihood activities in Pakistan
Jan 28, 2017News Hour: Nutrition programmes throughout Pakistan as well as relief and livelihood activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have received a welcome boost from USAID’s... -
JCI Dhaka Central carried out their project “Nutrition and Empowerment”
Nov 10, 2016News Hour: Recently JCI Dhaka Central carried out the third phase of their project “Nutrition and Empowerment” at the WE Foundation School in the Ershadnagar area. The members spent around 2 hours with the underprivileged children...
