Summit Brings New Hope for Africa's Children
Undernutrition debilitates and kills far more children than previously thought and sustains a cycle of poverty, according to new and ongoing research. The Nutrition for Growth summit in London has mobilized new energy and resources to help improve nutrition among the world's poor including an investment of U.S.$787 million from a large philanthropic organisation to transform the lives of hundreds of millions of malnourished children.
Photo: Tami Hultman/AllAfrica
Children who get adequate nutrition in their first 1,000 days are not only more likely to live and be healthy but are able to learn more when they get to school.
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The governments of the UK and Brazil, and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), co-hosted a high-level international meeting, Nutrition for Growth: Beating Hunger ... Read more »
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Nutrition for Growth 2013, June 2013
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Undernutrition debilitates and kills far more children than previously thought and sustains a cycle of poverty, according to new and ongoing research. The Nutrition for Growth summit in London has ... see more »
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Growing Economies Policy Brief
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- Nutrition4Growth
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- Nutrition4Growth
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- 10 June 2013
This document describes how improved nutrition status leads to better economic growth. see more »
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Ending Undernutrition
- Author:
- Nutrition4Growth
- Publisher:
- Nutrition4Growth
- Publication Date:
- 10 June 2013
The prevention of undernutrition in mothers and young children would prevent at least 35% of child deaths that is approximately 3 million deaths, says ... see more »
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Improving Child Nutrition
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- UNICEF
- Publisher:
- UNICEF
- Publication Date:
- 10 June 2013
This report describes developments and demonstrates that efforts to scale up nutrition programmes are working, benefiting children in many countries. see more »
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Nutrition 4 Growth Commitments: Executive Summary
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- Gov.UK
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- Gov.UK
- Publication Date:
- 10 June 2013
This document describes a summary of preventing at least 20 million children from being stunted and saving at least 1.7 million lives by 2020. see more »
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It is sad and shamefull that Africa can't feud their children, but question is why can't? And what can be done for change? It is simple, Africa to change need first readership in governance, transparency in family planning, proper country economy management, elimination of corruption and education. But above everythings is family planning and must be done as Chinese system one child per family. Why and how Africa readers and their government allow very poor family to have so many kids? This culture must be over, otherwise is shame for Africa readers and their government, because those rich in west who give aid to help for Africa kids, they have one or 2kids only,general speaking none who can feud himself and develop while his family is bigger than his work production, that's the many disease Africa need to find cure before anything else. Foreign aid to feud Africa kids who dead because of malnutrition is absolutely shame for Africa governments who allow those poor African baby maker to have them in first place, this should never be happen at all and that's why Africa loose respect in international community eyes due to simple mistakes.