Malnutrition

Kalinga nutrition congress moves to reduce malnutrition

9 Feb 2012

TABUK, Kalinga - Participants to the First Kalinga Nutrition Congress held last week resolved to bring down the province’s malnutrition rate, the second highest in the region. Based on the 7th national nutrition survey conducted recently by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Kalinga posted a malnutrition rate of 29.7 percent, next to Abra with 40.1 percent. read more

GAIN ups micronutrient fight against global malnutrition

9 Feb 2012

Ten years ago the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) was established to fight rampant malnutrition in the developing world via micronutrient fortification programmes. But for a long time, it struggled to effect change in the face of logistical, financial and educational challenges.

In Madagascar, reducing malnutrition among children under five

8 Feb 2012

AMBOASARY, Madagascar, 8 February 2012 – Four-year-old Nomy arrived at the hospital in Amboasary with a diagnosis of severe acute malnutrition – a potentially deadly condition – with medical complications. By 11 a.m., he had been admitted for emergency treatment.