This imbalance and the practice of gendered feeding inequality in many African communities are often rooted in cultural norms ...

T. W. B. Osborn on March 17, 1941, has now been published under the title “Remedies for Poverty and Malnutrition in South Africa”. (Pp. iii+22. Johannesburg: Central News Agency, Ltd., ...

"Conflict remains the dominant driver of East Africa's food crisis, with about 38 million people across the IGAD region facing high levels of acute food insecurity," the institutions noted, adding ...

In June 2024, 26-year-old Zainab Abdul noticed her two-year-old daughter growing pale, losing weight, and battling diarrhea. She wasn't surprised. Since jihadist-linked bandits had forced them out of ...

The federal government has decried the 32 percent rise in the rate of malnutrition in children under five across the country.This was as it further disclosed that child labour remains rampant, with ...

About 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East ...

She said the launch of the fund provides a platform to address not only the vulnerabilities faced by children across Africa but also the immense potential they hold. "Malnutrition is a major concern, ...

Hovering over any analysis of the long-term repercussions of famine for children are legions of ghosts: the thousands, ...

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Generally available staple foods such as wheat and maize flour provide energy, but they alone often don’t fulfil the need for all nutrients necessary and sufficient nutrition.

Recent statistics reveal that 47 percent of children in this age group are stunted, highlighting that nearly half of the ...

Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) – Some 3.2 million children are expected to face malnutrition in Sudan this year, the United Nations Children's Fund said Friday. Aid agencies have complained of lack of ...