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Africa: 'Cost of Inaction Against Malnutrition Is High'
allAfrica, 20 February 2025
The organizers and participants of the global conference on nutrition in Paris, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025, have called on governments and other stakeholders… Read more »
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Madagascar: WFP Delivers Life-Saving Nutrition Supplies To Remote Communities In Madagascar Via Unmanned Aircraft
WFP, 21 February 2025
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has for the first time in three months, delivered life-saving nutrition supplies for malnourished children in the remote region of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Unveils 'Nutrition 774' to Fight Child Malnutrition Nationwide
Leadership, 20 February 2025
Nigeria has launched the 'Nutrition 774' Initiative, a nationwide programme aimed at tackling rising malnutrition rates among children, with Vice President Kashim Shettima calling… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Multiple Disease Outbreaks Heighten Public Health Emergencies for Children Across Eastern and Southern Africa - UNICEF
Unicef, 20 February 2025
17 out of 21 countries in the region are experiencing one or more disease outbreaks Read more »
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Premium Times, 19 February 2025
"It is a sobering reality that 89.4% of children in the Jigawa State experience monetary poverty, while 85.6% are multi dimensionally poor, facing deprivations in at least three… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Breakup Could Push Up Food Prices and Worsen Hunger in West Africa
The Conversation Africa, 19 February 2025
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) lost three of its founding members on 29 January 2025. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger comprised 16% of the bloc's population of… Read more »
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South Africa: Poor Financial Management Is Disrupting Learner Access to School Meals in the Nc and KZN
DA, 16 February 2025
The National School Nutrition Programme provides meals to 9.7 million learners daily. It is the responsibility of the Provincial Departments of Education to implement this… Read more »
'Cost of Inaction Against Malnutrition Is High'
Malnutrition is a major challenge for African nations. A UNICEF report states that 64 million children in Africa - or 1 in 3 - are experiencing "severe food poverty", which is more likely to develop into "wasting", a life-threatening form of malnutrition.
The organizers of the global conference on nutrition in Paris, Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025, have called on governments and other stakeholders worldwide to integrate nutrition across various sectors to address deficits in nutrition targets.
Nutrition is central to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2, which focuses on "ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition". Analysts have said proper nutrition has a major impact on health, education, and economic development overall, thereby making it significant to achieving other SDG targets.
AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana reports.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reports that fortifying bouillon cubes in Nigeria with iron, folic acid, zinc, and vitamin B12 could prevent up to 16,6 million Read more »
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Three million children in the Central African Republic are the most deprived globally, facing severe malnutrition, limited access to healthcare, and ongoing instability, all of ... Read more »
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United Nations aid agencies warn that Sudan's children are trapped in a critical malnutrition crisis that has "reached emergency levels". The U.N Children's Fund (U Read more »
Youth cupping a handful of rice, one of the crops under the project improve food and nutrition security and reduce poverty of targeted rural populations in Liberia (file photo).
