Malnutrition
World Hunger Day: How is malnutrition affecting South Africa?
John Perlman spoke to programmes manager for Africa organisation, Asekho Motabene about this rate of malnutrition.
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Fierce hunger stalks jihadist-beleaguered Niger
Sahel is the world's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index, facing bloody jihadist insurgencies and stalked by hunger.
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Malnutrition strikes children in DR Congo's fragile Kasai region
Acute malnutrition stalks the diamond-rich but fragile Kasai region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- the world's worst-hit country in terms of food insecurity, according to the UN.
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FACT CHECK: Do nearly 7,500 children die from ‘hunger’ each year in SA?
Africa Check looks at the claim published on Daily Maverick that nearly 7,500 children under the age of five die annually in South Africa as a direct result of hunger.
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Mouse to go: Rodent kebabs fill empty stomachs in virus-hit Malawi
Malnutrition and food insecurity are perennial issues in the small, landlocked nation, where more than half of the population live below the poverty line.
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ANALYSIS: How the lockdown has affected the health of SA’s poor
Low-income populations bear a disproportionately higher burden of poor health.
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ANALYSIS: Are the Gauteng govt's emergency food parcels enough for a month?
Africa Check takes a look at what is in the food parcels from the Gauteng government and whether it’s “enough” for a family of four for one month?
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ANALYSIS: SA should learn from Brazil about how to tackle ‘hidden hunger’
The interplay of poverty, inequality, urbanisation and the industrial food system leaves low-income families with limited access to fresh, healthy foods.
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'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: report
Nearly a billion people are hungry and another two billion are eating too much of the wrong foods, causing epidemics of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.
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Over dozen babies die of malnutrition at Ingquza Hill
Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Dr Pumza Dyantyi heard that the babies died over a period of five months when she visited the area earlier this week.
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Study: Africa to miss UN deadline to end child malnutrition
Two papers published in the scientific journal ‘Nature’ identify local hotspots for poor child nutrition and lower education levels across 51 African countries.
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[OPINION] SA’s twin malnutrition challenges: hunger and obesity
South Africa has problems with hunger and obesity and both are linked to malnutrition. But solutions like taxes, education, regulating food advertising and labelling can help the problem.
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Report: Millions either malnourished or obese in global nutrition crisis
Researchers behind the Global Nutrition Report, which looked at 140 countries, said the problems were 'putting the brakes on human development as a whole'.
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Unicef: Acute malnutrition surges in Somalia children
Some 1.4 million children in drought-hit Somalia are projected to suffer acute malnutrition this year, the UN Children’s Fund said.
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UN: Lack of clean water poses extra threat to millions facing famine
More than 20 million people risk dying from starvation within six months in the four countries due to conflict and climate change.
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More than 100 million at risk of starvation globally - UN official
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said latest studies showed 102 million people faced acute malnutrition.
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UN seeks $2.1 billion to avert famine in Yemen
Unicef says an estimated 63,000 Yemeni children died last year of preventable causes often linked to malnutrition.
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Huge study finds a billion people suffer from high blood pressure
The increases are especially significant in Africa & South Asia, & could be partly due to poor nutrition.
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Unrest in Ethiopia delays aid to malnourished children - UN
Ethiopia was hit in 2015 by one of the worst droughts in decades, with 10 million requiring emergency aid.
