Probe School Feeding During Lockdown [editorial]

Daily Trust

The federal government says it has spent N523.3m to feed pupils during the COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »

Gombe State Buys 1,159 Cartoons of RUTF for Treatment of Malnutrition

Vanguard

The Gombe State Government has bought 1,159 cartons of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) worth N25 million for the treatment of malnutrition in the state. Read more »

Let's Support Mothers to Breastfeed As Long As They Want - First Lady of Ghana Advocates

WHO

The First lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on all to take key steps to address the practical, economic and socio-cultural barriers that still stand… Read more »

Baha Speaker Nominated As Nutrition Champion in Nigeria

Leadership

The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleinan, has been nominated as a nutrition champion in Nigeria by the International Society of Media in Public Health. Read more »

Policy Isn't Connecting Child Nutrition and Sanitation [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

When faced with complex problems that require coordination and collaboration, government departments almost instinctively retreat to their silos and predetermined responses. As a… Read more »

Schools Should Add Milk to Their Menu, Says New Dda Boss

Monitor

You are coming in at a time when the world is struggling with Covid-19, and the dairy industry is not spared. What incentives has government put in place to assist processors,… Read more »

Nutritionists Say Cow Milk Not Good for Infants Less Than One Year Old

Nation

Nutritionist have warned against feeding cow milk to infants aged less than a year as it increases the rate of diseases in children. Read more »

Healthy, Local Food Can Help Cut Obesity Rate, Improve Health in Seychelles, New Campaign Says

Seychelles News Agency

A campaign promoting the consumption of healthy, local food to address the high rate of obesity and the prevalence of diseases in the country by the Seychelles' health department… Read more »

Covid-19 Pandemic Could Worsen Food Insecurity

New Era

The Covid-19 pandemic could drive the increase in acute hunger despite the country receiving improved harvests this year, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa said yesterday. Read more »

How Covid-19 Threatens Country's Exclusive Breastfeeding Target

Premium Times

Barely a month after she gave birth to her first daughter, Halima Ibrahim took ill in late February, about the same time Nigeria recorded its index case of COVID-19 in an Italian… Read more »

World Breastfeeding Week 2020 Raises Awareness Among Mauritian Youth [press release]

Government of Mauritius

A workshop, acting as a platform for the Ministry of Health and Wellness to renew with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders who are embarked on a mission to… Read more »

Breastfeed and Follow Set Rules, Mothers With Covid-19 Told

Nation

As the world marks the breastfeeding week, new mothers - even those with Covid-19 - have been advised to continue nursing their babies. Read more »

Benefits of Breastfeeding in Fight Against Covid-19

The Herald

The unprecedented global social and economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic poses grave risks to the nutritional status and survival of young children in low-income and… Read more »

WFP in U.S.$250 Million Appeal to Fight Hunger

New Zimbabwe

With Covid-19 now worsening recurrent hunger in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for an additional US$250 million to mitigate the rapidly… Read more »

Food Relief for Grief-Stricken Family

New Era

The Onambango family, whose home was damaged by fire last month, resulting in the death of two children, received cement and corrugated iron sheets from Swapo Party Youth League… Read more »