Malnutrition

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High food prices in the world: combatting food insecurity and malnutrition: ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008); This report presents the latest statistics on global food insecurity and undernourishment. It reviews the impact of high food prices on global nutrition and concludes that chronic hunger in the world ...
Has volatile food prices led to child malnutrition in the world?: ( S., H. Swan (ed);S. Hadley (ed);B. Cichon (ed) / Action Against Hunger , 2009); This report outlines the underlying causes behind the recent rising food prices and analyses who is most vulnerable. The authors also note what kind of strategies have been taken to tackle the challen...
What are the major causes of death in conflict affected areas?: ( P. Salama;P. Spiegel;L. Talley;R. Waldman / The Lancet , 2004); Major advances have been made during the past decade in the way the international community responds to the health and nutrition consequences of complex emergencies. The public health and clinical ...
Training guide on community-based management of acute malnutrition in children: ( H Deconinck;K. Cashin;J. Whelan / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2008); A significant gap remains between need and capacity for management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children. This is despite clear advances in the development and implementation of international...
As food prices increase, food aid hits a record low: ( United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2008); The 2008 edition of the annual Food Aid Flows report provides a comprehensive view of trends in global food aid, which include food aid deliveries by Governments, non-governmental organisations and th...
Governments and donors must do more to improve nutrition of women and children: ( L. Haddad / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2008); Current high world food prices serve as a reminder of the vulnerability of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to hunger and undernutrition. Good nutrition status for children and adol...
Tackling child malnourishment in India: an analysis of inter-regional disparities: ( K. R. G. Nair / Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi , 2007); In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper prov...
HIV and hunger: community perspectives from Kitwe, Zambia: ( N. Duck (ed);S. Hauenstein Swan (ed) / Action Against Hunger , 2008); This report documents the findings of Local Voices, a six month qualitative research project that provided HIV orphans, vulnerable children and their carers with the opportunity to discuss and docu...
Mapping child malnutrition in Ecuador: a canton level analysis: ( B. Lorge Rogers;J. Wirth;K. Macías / Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University , 2007); The Government of Ecuador has made a commitment to eradicating childhood hunger, and is presently undertaking steps to develop policies and programmes to achieve that goal. This paper argues that t...
Ill health, malnutrition and ultra-poverty in Africa: the need for integrated approaches: ( C., B. Barrett / Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University , 2008); Millennium Development Goal number 1 is to halve extreme poverty ($1/day per person) and hunger. Progress toward this goal has been excellent at global level, led by China and India, but largely in...