Agriculture & Nutrition
Doctors Without Borders calls for increased use of nutrient dense ready-to-use food to save malnourished children’s lives
(October 10, 2007) The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today called for increased and expanded use of nutrient dense ready-to-use food (RUF) to reduce the five million annual deaths worldwide related to malnutrition in children ...
In Katanga slum in Kampala, Uganda a visit to a public restroom is a luxury which comes at a price
In Katanga slum in Kampala, a visit to a public convenience is a luxury which comes at a price. Next to a makeshift shebeen where men drink ajono, the local liquor, there's an equally makeshift papyrus structure leaning against a tree. ...
Child mortality at record low thanks to immunization and anti-malaria measures, UNICEF reports
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Somalia: Alarming malnutrition rates as food crisis hits Shabelle region
Early warning agencies have reported a rapidly worsening food security situation in southern Somalia after the poorest harvest in a decade and escalating insecurity that has disrupted economic activities, caused high inflation and left people displaced....
West Africa: Region making headway on food fortification
Basic nutrients people need to survive have been added to food around the world for almost a century, but West Africa is only now leading the way for the same life-saving technique to be rolled out in Africa, although experts warn it is just one small component in combating under-nutrition. ...
Kenya: the fight for water, a valuable slum commodity
When residents of Mathare slum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi staged a recent protest over a five-day water shortage, the police moved to break the demonstration, firing teargas and arresting some of the protestors. The 31 July police action in Bondeni area, however, did not address the cause o...
Congo train to combat malaria: a two-day mission to deliver 300,000 mosquito nets by rail to 10% of Congo’s population has begun
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Afghanistan-Pakistan: cross border polio campaign targets 40 million children
The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan - in collaboration with their partners at the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - have launched parallel campaigns aimed at vaccinating over 40 million children in both countries against polio. ...
Maputo seizes ‘toxic toothpaste’
The Mozambique authorities have seized thousands of boxes of counterfeit toothpaste, which they fear may contain a potentially deadly chemical. The seizures follow a ban on all sales of Colgate Maximum Cavity Protection toothpaste issued last week....
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