Countries Commit to Smart Nutrition to End Malnutrition
One in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese in the world. Progress in Eastern and Southern Africa is too slow, according to the latest Global Nutrition Report. But stakeholders in the regions are working around the clock to make smart nutrition commitments and ensure faster, fairer progress towards ending malnutrition in all its forms. Like Kenya, with its policy on food security and nutrition which enabled them to reduce stunting while preparing for the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G).
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Africa:
Key Actors Commit to Smart Nutrition, Ensuring Faster Progress to Ending Malnutrition
allAfrica, 4 March 2021
In the world, 1 in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Progress towards nutrition target is too slow, progress in Eastern and Southern… Read more »
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South Sudan:
South Sudanese Face Life-Threatening Food Shortages As Harvests Fall By 50%
ICRC, 4 March 2021
Communities in nine out of the ten states in South Sudan harvested on average 50 per cent less cereal and vegetables in 2020 than they did in 2019, the latest assessment by the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Curtailing Nigeria's Escalating Population Amid Growing Hunger
Leadership, 27 February 2021
Nigeria's population has been escalating rapidly for at least the last five decades due to very high birth rates, quadrupling its populace amid deepening hunger. Read more »
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Africa:
Africa's Youth Finds its Power in Transforming Food Systems
allAfrica, 26 February 2021
With one in every five young people today coming from Africa, it has become increasingly hard to ignore us. Read more »
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Africa:
World's Biggest Stars Come Out to Support Global Citizen's Recovery Plan For The World
allAfrica, 24 February 2021
"The urgency to get a vaccine to everyone, everywhere cannot be underestimated. As a country, we will be joining efforts to help the world recover better by ending the pandemic as… Read more »
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InFocus
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The northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado is on the brink of a serious hunger crisis and a consequent increase in chronic child malnutrition. Food production, particularly ... Read more »
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Africa is facing an increasingly complex range of interconnected challenges, impacting food and health systems and hindering progress made in fighting all forms of malnutrition. ... Read more »
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The most derogatory remarks about what we eat are often linked with the urban space. For better or worse, cities are seen as the ultimate crossroads of food, nutritional and ... Read more »
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The World Food Programme (WFP) needs U.S.$57 million to continue providing food and nutrition assistance to the country's 435,000-strong refugee population between January and June ... Read more »
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The government's efforts to eradicate malnutrition, has seen it triple the funding it injects into the process, rising from U.S.$18 million to U.S.$56 million between 2015 and ... Read more »
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