Tag: malnutrition
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85,000 Yemeni kids dead from malnutrition: Charity
Sana : An estimated 85,000 children under the age of five may have died from acute malnutrition in three years of war in Yemen, a leading charity has said. They suffered immensely as their vital organ functions slowed down and eventually stopped. Their immune systems were so weak they were more prone to infections with…
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Long road ahead to ending hunger, malnutrition
By Amit Kapoor, The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) incorporate zero hunger as one of the 17 targets to be achieved by 2030 for a sustainable future. The criticality of this goal lies in the fact that removing hunger — and malnutrition — from the world is intertwined with the other goals such as ending…