Record malnutrition: Africa’s Sahel region to have over 6 million wasted children in 2022, warn UN agencies

Over 900,000 young lives can be at risk in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal

India has world’s highest number of children with severe acute malnutrition: UNICEF

One out of every five deaths in children under five globally is due to severe wasting

Millets should be mainstreamed for better nutritional outcomes in children

Civil society organisations can play an enabling role in helping the government to combat malnutrition by introducing millets in ICDS  

Acute malnutrition worsened among children: NFHS-5

Stunting among children below five did not improve at all; child obesity increased across several states

Community-based solutions better for reducing malnutrition, says study

The study assessed the Action Against Malnutrition (AAM) programme in seven tribal blocks of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha. 

Drought impact: Acute malnutrition among children rises 40% in Somalia & Somaliland

Families in Somalia taking extreme measures to survive

Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni

Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25% 

WHO changes approach to treating severely malnourished children

New guidelines say children suffering from severe acute malnutrition need not be hospitalised, and can be treated more effectively at home

Cabinet approves National Policy for Children

Health experts say it has many shortcomings

Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO

8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries

Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report

There’s biodiversity in our backyard and it can help us fight malnourishment

Green leafy veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals

Malnutrition: India needs to urgently break inter-generational cycle

Under-nourished women, in all likelihood, became under-nourished mothers with a greater chance of giving birth to low birth-weight babies, …

Malnourished, under-weight children in India can increase by more than 4 mln: Study

The COVID-19 pandemic can contribute to food shocks that make children more prone to malnourishment