WASH & Nutrition

Livemint Malnutrition, a measuring problem Livemint Arecent article by economist Arvind Panagariya of Columbia University, titled Does India Really Suffer from Worse Child Malnutrition than Sub-Saharan Africa, in the Economic and Political Weekly...

Paediatric AIDS Care in Cambodia includes HIV testing for children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition whose HIV status is unknown. This helped to save 11-year-old Youen's life.

Improving public health: a global perspective on the implications of malnutrition in the womb (MT @uosbusiness: @OHSUSOM: Global look at malnutrition in womb "makes Black Death look like nothing" http://t.co/2KBBztfD7P...

South Africa, like many middle income countries, faces the challenge of how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the context of high levels of inequality and persistent hunger and malnutrition. Prices are already high, and rising, and force too many people to choose between using scarce household budgets for food or for energy.

 

This Oxfam discussion paper considers how putting action on inequality and hunger at the heart of the low carbon development agenda in South Africa could also help to mobilize new constituencies of political support for low carbon action, which could be critical if vested interests in the carbon-based, energy-intensive economy are to be overcome.

Via Cathryn Wellner

A group of top authors, including the children's laureate, highlights how extreme hunger leaves children struggling to read.

Economic Times India may loose $46 billion due to malnutrition by 2030: Study Economic Times LONDON: The global economic impact of malnutrition could be a staggering $125 billion by 2030, with India accounting for nearly $46 billion, according to...

Claire Provost: How much food is available? What are people eating? How much do poor people spend on food? We explore the statistics (How many people are hungry?

Armed insurgency and environmental degradation have pushed several people out of the rural communities of the Niger delta, and into the urban centers of the region.

New programme to tackle malnutrition in Nairobi's Kibera launched
Africa Science News Service
A new programme meant to address malnutrition in Kibera informal settlement was launched Wednesday by Glenmark, a global integrated pharmaceutical company.

Child undernutrition costs African nations up to 16.5 per cent of their GDP, according to a series of reports looking at social and economic consequences of child undernourishment in 12 African countries (Child hunger takes heavy toll on Africa's ...

Water, not food, key for malnourished children Herald and News A quarter of children in developing countries are underweight, and malnutrition is the root cause of the deaths of more than 2 million children annually, according to the United Nations...

TweetSave the Children launches new report on how malnutrition affects education This is a joint blog post by Will Paxton, Head of Education Policy and Liam Crosby, Policy and Research Adviser Today, Save the Children launches a new report, Food...

A new report out today by Save the Children UK, Food for Thought, draws the links between malnutrition and a child’s potential to learn and thrive.

Economic Times
How malnutrition impacts learning
NDTV
New Delhi: For most eight year olds in school simple math problems like five minus two is child's play, but that's not the case for those who are severely malnourished.

Voice of America
Report: Child Malnutrition Costs Global Economy Billions
Voice of America
LONDON — A report by a Britain-based charity says one-quarter of the world's children may underperform at school because of chronic malnutrition.

Malnutrition continues to affect millions of people in Tanzania, particularly children, leading to widespread diseases and poor physical and mental development...the situation has contributed to reduced capacity in improving the learning ability,...