Next week an estimated 5,000 delegates from over 100 countries will meet in the Spanish city of Granada for the 20th International Congress of Nutrition. These AllAfrica stories, ... Read more »
A recent African Union meeting reaffirmed the commitment of African governments to eradicating hunger in partnership with international and aid organisations. Read more »
A new study by the World Food Programme and Swaziland's government has revealed that the country's reliance on international donors hasn't helped avert the reality of chronic food ... Read more »
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has published the first installment in a new series which presents key data on government commitment to reduce hunger and undernutrition ... Read more »
Malnutrition among children costs countries up to 16.5 per cent of their gross domestic product, according to reports looking at the social and economic consequences of child ... Read more »
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 ... Read more »
A new Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition examines the problems associated with undernutrition and successful interventions. A similar report released by Lancet in 2008 ... Read more »
The director-general of the FAO says the key to eradicating hunger lies in capitalizing on the successes of the countries who have already found solutions for food insecurity and ... Read more »
Low availability of an essential human micronutrient in Malawian soils is responsible for its deficiency among the country's population, a study has found. Read more »
Some of the world’s poorest countries, including two in sub-Saharan Africa, are showing the greatest political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition, while some of the ... Read more »
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