Tag: malnutrition
Nigeria: Cooking classes help reduce child malnutrition
Since April 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières supported healthcare facilities in North-West and North-East Nigeria are recording unprecedented surges in admissions for...
Ethiopia: A comprehensive community-centered approach in combating measles
In the districts of Sidama, Central, and South Ethiopia, access to healthcare is often challenging, exacerbated by various health...
Conflict and climate change in West Africa require solutions to restore people’s right to aid and protection
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is calling for innovative solutions to restore the right to aid and protection for...
African leaders urge continent to strengthen political will toward achieving continental nutrition targets
Heads of African Union member states have called for more commitment and accountability in Africa’s effort to achieve continental...
Sixth failed rainy season spells further disaster and loss of life in Somalia, warns the International Rescue Committee
With the April- May rains in Somalia this year expected to be below normal for the sixth consecutive season,...
Rockefeller Foundation and WFP initiative seeks to strengthen school meals for millions of children
The United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) welcomes a US$ 10.7 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to...
Tough months ahead in Ethiopia as rains fail for the fifth season in a row, millions in need of urgent food assistance
Back-to-back droughts caused by five failed rainy seasons have left 12 million Ethiopians facing hunger as conflict and forced displacement exacerbate...
Women and girls in Somalia face critical life-threating drought and conflict situations
Somalia experienced a devastating drought in 2022, affecting nearly half of its entire population, or approximately 7.8 million people. Currently,...
Médecins Sans Frontières’ efforts in treating people across Ethiopia
More than 22 million people were estimated to need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022. Many faced the tragic...
Increase in cholera cases, outbreak of measles in Kenya’s refugee camps straining health resources, IRC warns
At least three refugees have lost their lives and 504 others treated for acute dehydration following an outbreak of...
Threat of famine in East Africa shows need for key changes in how the world battles famine and malnutrition
From November 2021 to November 2022 the number of people experiencing hunger in East Africa increased as follows Kenya:...
Funds dry up as hunger looms in Mozambique’s north
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that it will be forced to suspend its life-saving assistance...