Malnutrition in Madagascar - A 'Silent Crisis'

A nutrition programme aims to diversify the diet of locals, by equipping them with skills, to help tackle chronic malnutrition on the island nation that is among the worst affected in the world.

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    Inter Press Service, 16 July 2012

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Photo: Tomas de Mul/IRIN

The nutrition programme is being implemented at 6,000 centres across Madagascar.

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    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 26 June 2012

    The eastern Madagascan coastal town of Brickaville in Atsinanana region - ravaged by Cyclone Giovanna earlier this year - provided a refuge of sorts for Edwige Solo and her ... read more »

  • Madagascar:  UN Expert Calls for Review of Sanctions

    UN News Service, 22 July 2011

    An independent United Nations expert said today it is time to reconsider the economic sanctions imposed on Madagascar following the 2009 political crisis, warning that they are ... read more »

  • Madagascar:  Rice Production Slips Again

    UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 9 September 2011

    Production of Madagascar's staple, rice, is expected to be down 10 percent on last year and slip by 400,000 tons, according to preliminary findings by the Food and Agriculture ... read more »

  • Madagascar:  Hunger Stalks Drought-Stricken South

    Inter Press Service, 17 June 2009

    The southern part of the island of Madagascar is suffering severe drought and famine. Lack of rainfall during the summer season has destroyed the country's main harvest in March ... read more »

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Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN

Half of all children under five on the island nation suffer from chronic malnutrition.



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  • Resident
    Aug 5 2011, 13:23
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    Thanks for this article. Yes everyone including the AGOA must reconsider the sanctions. To begin with it was unnecessary to impose any sanction on Mada because they were not threat to anybody. They wrere just sick of Ravalo accumalating everything from economy all the way to controlling the presbyterian church. Ravalo fattened his own pocket during eight years of this rule and starved the entire population. One cannot blame the Transition government for what Ravalo did. SADC and S>Africa should wake up and bring immediate solution to this nation. Historicall 80 percent of their budget comes from International AID. When you stop that AID and blame the Transition for all the problems in MADA is very unfair. IC why are we waiting to help MADA? the time is now or never. IC and USA do not corner yourself on Ravalo's side. He is the BIG reason for this Mess. Help the people of MADA. Do not punish the malagasies in order to support the washed out dictators (Ratsi, Zafy and Ravalo). Do not put them in the equation for solution. They have robbed enough. Work for a credible election and bring Mada to normalcy. So that each on can earn a dollar a day . Since that is the goal of the International and SADC.