Malnutrition is the underlying cause for at least a fifth of maternal mortality and more than a third for child deaths [AP] London, United Kingdom - Tanzanian nutrition expert Professor Joyce Kinabo last week gave a speech to health campaigners from around the world, calling on them to focus on nutrition if they want to save [...]
Mothers in Yama, Niger, crowd with their children to be admitted to the MSF screening field centre for malnourished children. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Niger is worst country to be a mother, says report Niger’s current food crisis and high levels of maternal mortality place African nation bottom of Save the Children‘s list [...]
According to a survey conducted in India, 42 per cent of children under five are underweight [GALLO/GETTY] New Delhi, India - Geeta, a 27-year-old mother of three, living on the outskirts of the national capital region looks vacant at the queries of malnourishment. For her, gathering cereals for the two square meals of her family is [...]
Humanitarian crisis as world’s largest refugee camp declared full Tens of thousands in Dadaab camp in Kenya face starvation after fleeing violence in Somalia, medical charity warns Share8 David Smith in Johannesburg guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 June 2011 18.14 BST Article history Somali refugees wait in line for food at the refugee camp in Dadaab, [...]
