Search results for Child Malnutrition

Kinachofanya watoto wengi kudumaa wakikua licha ya juhudi za miaka 30

NI asilimia tatu tu ya watoto wenye umri wa miezi 6–23 katika maeneo yenye uhaba mkubwa wa chakula nchini Kenya wanaopata lishe ya kutosha, Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) limesema,...

South Sudan hunger crisis: Children face malnutrition as health services collapse

In South Sudan, hunger is becoming a health emergency. CARE-supported health workers are treating children for severe malnutrition as families face conflict, displacement, rising f...

Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns

Afghanistan’s deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and se...

Child nutrition crisis

Unicef-UHS push to embed nutrition in MBBS curriculum is welcome, but curriculum reform is not enough

Inclusive Nutrition for Children with Disabilities Is Non-Negotiable, New Policy Brief Urges

Research from Holt International reveals that children with disabilities face significantly higher risks of malnutrition, including chronic undernutrition, stunting, and micronutri...

Over 500,000 Children at Risk: UNICEF Raises Alarm Over Malnutrition Crisis in Northwest Nigeria

A major health emergency is unfolding in northwest Nigeria as UNICEF warns that over 500,000 children in Sokoto State, Kebbi State, and Zamfara State are at risk of severe wasting,...

How hunger rewires the biology of an entire generation

The first 1,000 days of a child's life decide how they will grow up. Today, 35 million children spent those days hungry.

Malnutrition: MSF treated over 60,000 Zamfara children in 2025

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) also treated 136,778 malaria and 13,877 cholera patients in Zamfara. The post Malnutrition: MSF treated over 60,000 Zamfara children in 2025 appeared...

South Africa: War On Hunger As Civil Society Takes On 'Organised Economic Violence'

[Daily Maverick] Thirty children die from malnutrition every day in South Africa. This week, the Union Against Hunger set out to say that this is not just a tragedy to mourn, but a...

Gut health: Why food alone won't fix childhood stunting

South Africa has a paradox when it comes to food availability. Its supermarkets are overflowing. But it continues to record high levels of stunted growth.

Holt’s Child Nutrition Program Empowers Change in China

Thanks to your generous support, caregivers at a Holt-supported orphanage in China are receiving life-changing training — and children of all abilities are getting healthier! Good...

Experts warn malnutrition causing Kiwi children to go blind

The cases include a boy who ate only hot chips, crisps and the occasional Nutella sandwich.

Nigeria: In Borno, Cash Transfers Are Helping Families Treat Malnutrition Beyond the Clinic

[Nigeria Health Watch] Bilkisu, a resident of Njimtilo in the Konduga area of Borno State, lives with a visual impairment, while her children remain out of school as the family str...

Afghan mothers and children face worsening hunger crisis, WFP warns

Afghanistans deepening malnutrition crisis is pushing mothers and children to the brink, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as mass returns from neighbouring countries and sev...

Vietnam Lessons Inspire Tanzania Fight Against Malnutrition Crisis

[Daily News] Vietnam -- Across the green, sunlit villages of rural Tanzania, a persistent and complex challenge continues to affect the health and well-being of communities. Despit...

Holt’s New Research: Closing the Nutrition Gap for Children with Disabilities

Holt International’s latest policy brief reveals that children with disabilities often face inconsistent and incomplete nutrition services. Holt’s study highlights that children wi...

South Africa: Living With the Spectre of Hunger - - Voices of Malnutrition From SA's Impoverished Households

[Daily Maverick] In March, the South African Human Rights Commission held an inquiry into South Africa's food systems. It heard from submissions that South Africa produces enough f...

School Meals and Refugee Education in Chad

In Chad, education is the path to a more stable future free of long-term hardship, yet millions of children remain out of school. Education Cannot Wait announced a $20 million gran...

Report links rising malnutrition, maternal health crisis to weak healthcare access in Nigeria

According to the report, MSF treated more than 440,000 children for malnutrition in 2025, the highest number recorded by the organisation in Nigeria in recent years The post Report...

Nourishing the future: A closer look at Isabela’s fight against child malnutrition

Since taking office on June 30, 2019, Governor Rodito T. Albano has championed a people-centered approach to progress in Isabela. Grounded in the belief that development is hollow...

World is falling behind on UN's child mortality Sustainable Development Goal

A new study tracking global progress on child mortality finds that the world will miss a key United Nations (UN) health target by at least five years at current rates, with the bur...

Rising hunger & malnutrition hit Afghan women, children hardest amid shrinking aid, WFP warns

West Africa: Central Sahel - Millions of Children in Humanitarian Need, Unicef Official Warns

[UN News] Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - "an emergency that remains too far from the attentio...

Nigeria: Hospital Malnutrition Worsening Due to Delayed Care - Experts

[Premium Times] The experts called for an urgent overhaul of clinical nutrition protocols, urging hospitals to adopt a "golden hour" approach to nutritional screening as part of ef...