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 …
New Delhi: Researchers at International Food Policy Research Institute, a global research centre, through a recent study have linked stunted growth among children with adolescent pregnancy. The report also found that stunted growth and underweight prevalence were 11 percentage points higher in children born to adolescent mothers than in children born to adult mothers. At all ages till five years, …
