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52 million+ children estimated to be out of school, UNICEF says 2024 one of the worst years for children in conflict

United Nations Children's Fund has called 2024 one of the worst years in the organisation’s history for children living in conflict areas, with a record number of children having their rights violated, including being killed, injured, out of school, missing vaccines, and being critically malnourished. Children in conflict-hit areas are having their rights violated, including being killed, injured, out of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN

Al Jazeera

Roya carefully spoon-feeds her daughter fortified milk in a ward for malnourished children, praying the tiny infant will avoid a condition that stalks one in 10 children in Afghanistan after decades of conflict. Ten percent of children under five in Afghanistan are malnourished and 45 percent are stunted, meaning they are small for their age in part due to poor …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bidar and Kolar have most malnourished children in Karnataka

The Hindu

A survey conducted by the Department of Women and Child Development in 2023 revealed that Bidar and Kolar districts had the highest share of children suffering malnutrition. A total of 27,73,247 children under the age of 6 were weighed across Karnataka for the survey to identify children suffering from malnutrition. In Bidar district, a total of 86,163 children were weighed, …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Over 13,000 children killed in Gaza, others severely malnourished: UNICEF

Al Jazeera

The UN agency says surviving children do not ‘even have the energy to cry’ as famine looms in the besieged enclave being bombarded for months. Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in Gaza since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, says the United Nations Children’s Fund. Because …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where U.N. says 1 in 6 children are malnourished

The Hindu

Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City on February 20 as a study led by the U.N. children's agency found that one in six children are acutely malnourished in the isolated and largely devastated north of the territory, where the city is located. On Tuesday, the military ordered the evacuation of the Zaytoun and Turkoman neighborhoods on the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths

New Indian Express

GENEVA: An alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition and the rampant spread of disease could spark an explosion in child deaths in Gaza, the United Nations warned Monday. Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had become "incredibly scarce" in the Palestinian territory, adding that virtually all young …

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11 months ago

Tribal districts top list of malnourished kids in MP

New Indian Express

BHOPAL: There are 1.36 lakh children registered as malnourished in Madhya Pradesh. These figures regarding the total number of malnourished children registered under the Mukhyamantri Bal Arogya Samvardhan Program until January 30, 2024, were provided by the state’s Minister of Women and Child Development, Nirmala Bhuria, in response to a question posed by Congress MLA Atif Arif Aqeel in the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished

Associated Press

JUBA, South Sudan — At least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished and more than 90% of arrivals haven’t eaten in days, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday. The World Food Program said that nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan in the last five months — the majority of whom are South …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Utah YouTuber Ruby Franke arrested on child abuse charges after malnourished son escapes home

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Haiti hospital cares for children amid gang violence, hunger and scarce aid

ABC

Marie Michelle Joseph's nine-month-old daughter is weak and has a persistent fever. Key points: The Fontaine Hospital is located in Cite Soleil where gangs have been fighting a vicious turf war The hospital is an important employer for young people who have few alternatives besides joining gangs It is funded by UNICEF in an area food producers struggle to move …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Protein-rich diet improves condition of malnourished children at anganwadi centres

The Hindu

Officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare Department, in association with St. Theresas College for Women and Maarpu Trust, visited the anganwadi centres and checked the growth of malnourished children on Saturday. NTR District Internal Complaints Committee chairperson and Maarpu Trust director R. Suez said that the protein rich diet prepared by students of the Department of Clinical Nutrition …

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2 years, 1 month ago

In measles hotspots, hunger, an older malaise, is hastening fatalities

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Just when we had stopped obsessing about daily Covid caseload, there is a new cause for worry. Dr Subhash Salunke, former Director of Health Services for Maharashtra who heads the task force said, “Malnourished and not being vaccinated can land a child into serious trouble in terms of measles. A child with no access to good nutrition has to …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Still no relief for the malnourished

The Hindu

Ever since a confidential report by the Madhya Pradesh Accountant-General came to light, about “large scale fraud/misappropriation etc. Last month, ahead of the translocation of eight cheetahs from Namibia to Kuno National Park, the Congress demanded to know the rationale behind making the translocation a mega event when about “21,000 children were malnourished and another 5,000 severely malnourished in Sheopur,” …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Rebel violence in eastern Congo causes hunger to soar

Associated Press

NYIRAGONGO, Congo — The last thing Pasika Bagerimana remembers before her sons died were their cries of hunger. Hunger is soaring across parts of Congo’s war-torn North Kivu province where the fighting between M23 rebels and government soldiers has been raging since November, according to aid workers, civilians and health workers. “The situation was already dire and this conflict is …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Survey reveals why rural women offer biscuits to their children for breakfast

The Hindu

Members of Jagruti Mahila Okkoota, who were on a door-to-door survey on the food habits in some villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka, found that women were giving biscuit and tea to their children for breakfast while they ate roti or rice before setting out for work. Simple tweaks of this kind, made by the women’s voluntary group working in …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

The Independent

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2 years, 8 months ago

Assam district’s project on malnutrition chosen for PM’s award

The Hindu

GUWAHATI Sampoorna, an initiate of western Assam’s Bongaigaon district to combat malnutrition among children has been chosen for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration, 2021. Lakshmi Priya, the district’s deputy commissioner said the project employs a decentralised, technology-based model using community participation and women empowerment as the positive deviance factor for achieving result. The project has helped …

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3 years, 2 months ago

A vital cog in Bongaigaon’s response to malnutrition

The Hindu

‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. The vicious cycle of a malnourished child growing into an unhealthy adolescent, and then further into an anaemic pregnant young woman giving birth to an asphyxiated low birth weight baby; this baby then facing possible developmental delays, only to grow into a malnourished child; and this child who struggles further …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Over 33 lakh children in India malnourished, 17.7 lakh of them severely malnourished: govt data

India TV News

Over 33 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the WCD ministry has said in response to an RTI query. Prompting concern that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor, the Women …

India Pti Number Rti Malnutrition Mam Poshan

3 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 18 lakh children in India severely malnourished: Centre

The Hindu

Over 33 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the WCD Ministry has said in response to an RTI query. Prompting concern that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor, the Women …

India Children Pti Centre Number Lakh Low

3 years, 2 months ago

17.7 lakh children in India severely malnourished; Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat worst performers

India Today

Over 33 lakh children in India are malnourished and more than half of them fall in the severely malnourished category with Maharashtra, Bihar and Gujarat topping the list, the WCD ministry has said in response to an RTI query. Prompting concern that the Covid pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor, the Women …

India Children Bihar Maharashtra Gujarat Pti Number

3 years, 2 months ago

Global Hunger Index | Only 3.9% children malnourished, says government

The Hindu

The value of a key indicator used in the Global Hunger Index is ‘inflated’ as there are only 3.9% anganwadi children found to be undernourished, the Government said on Sunday. “The real time data of beneficiaries registered on the Anganwadi platform include 7.79 crore children aged between 6 months to 6 years as per real-time Poshan Tracker data. Corresponding number …

Government India Global Hunger Index Wasting Stunting

3 years, 5 months ago

9.27 lakh severely acute malnourished children in the country: Govt

The Hindu

A total of 9.27 lakh severely acute malnourished children between the age of six months and six years have been identified in the country till November 2020, the government told Parliament. "As per ICDS-RRS Portal, as on 30th November, 2020, 9,27,606 severely acute malnourished children have been identified in the country, out of which 3,98,359 are from the State of …

Children Poshan Abhiyaan Severely Acute Severely Acute Malnourished

3 years, 5 months ago

UP Installs Growth Monitoring Devices in Anganwadis to Identify Malnourished Children

News 18

Ramping up the facilities to improve the nutritional level in children, the Department of Bal Vikas Seva evam Pushtahar of the Uttar Pradesh government has installed baby weighing machines and stadiometer machines in the Anganwadi centres of all districts. In the ICT-RTM of the Central government’s ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’, the growth monitoring devices are required to monitor the weight and height …

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52 million+ children estimated to be out of school, UNICEF says 2024 one of the worst years for children in conflict

One in 10 Afghan children under five malnourished, 45 percent stunted: UN

Bidar and Kolar have most malnourished children in Karnataka

Over 13,000 children killed in Gaza, others severely malnourished: UNICEF

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where U.N. says 1 in 6 children are malnourished

UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths

Tribal districts top list of malnourished kids in MP

The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished

Utah YouTuber Ruby Franke arrested on child abuse charges after malnourished son escapes home

Haiti hospital cares for children amid gang violence, hunger and scarce aid

Protein-rich diet improves condition of malnourished children at anganwadi centres

In measles hotspots, hunger, an older malaise, is hastening fatalities

Still no relief for the malnourished

Rebel violence in eastern Congo causes hunger to soar

Survey reveals why rural women offer biscuits to their children for breakfast

Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Assam district’s project on malnutrition chosen for PM’s award

A vital cog in Bongaigaon’s response to malnutrition

Over 33 lakh children in India malnourished, 17.7 lakh of them severely malnourished: govt data

Nearly 18 lakh children in India severely malnourished: Centre

17.7 lakh children in India severely malnourished; Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat worst performers

Global Hunger Index | Only 3.9% children malnourished, says government

9.27 lakh severely acute malnourished children in the country: Govt

UP Installs Growth Monitoring Devices in Anganwadis to Identify Malnourished Children