Based on a multi-year study in four countries, the 23-page report found that chronically malnourished children – about one of every four children born today — are significantly less able to read, write a simple sentence, or perform basic arithmetic. Those disabilities, as well as other cognitive problems related to …
Commercial baby formula has been around for some time, with the first one being created in 1867. Over the years, however, those using formula went from the mothers who couldn’t breast feed for one reason or another, to anyone who had the means to afford formula, and eventually reaching everyone worldwide. …
Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis, seven aid agencies said on (23 May 2012) with 10 million people – 44 percent of the population – without enough food to eat. The aid agencies warned that malnutrition rates recorded by the UN in some parts of the country …
A huge gap in funding for aid projects aimed at preventing the deepening food crisis in the Sahel is threatening to leave millions of people hungry in the coming months, a coalition of aid agencies has warned today. Action Against Hunger, Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision are aiming …