Malnutrition is very common in acute hip fracture (HF) patients. Studies differ widely in their findings, with reported prevalences between 31 and 88% mainly because of small sample sizes and the ...

The latest figures on malnutrition from the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) – the leading international authority on food insecurity – come as DRC is at the epicenter of an outbreak of a new ...

In both contexts, the IPC have reported that a lack of data to verify child malnutrition and death rates meant it was not possible to determine if thresholds for a famine classification were met. A ...

International donors, the UN, Sudan’s warring parties and their allies must act now to prevent even more avoidable deaths ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) yesterday renewed its call for immediate action to prevent more starvation in Sudan, and urged the international community "to pursue all options" to reach the more than ...

“Of this number, around 7,72,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” Eva ... by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed assessment.