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UNICEF: Report calls for urgent action on nutrition

http://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_51688.htmlNEW YORK, USA, 11 November, 2009 ... tagged: unicef, child, maternal, nutrition, report, children

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UNICEF: Ethiopia's nutrition crisis

GURAGE ZONE, Ethiopia, 25 June 2008 -- Mubarek weighed barely 3.5 kg when he arrived at the Kuno Alimena Health Post in Ethiopia's drought-affected Gurage Zone. His weight would be average for a newbo... ... tagged: unicef, ethiopia, nutrition, children, united, nations, hilde, johnson, gurage more

GURAGE ZONE, Ethiopia, 25 June 2008 -- Mubarek weighed barely 3.5 kg when he arrived at the Kuno Alimena Health Post in Ethiopia's drought-affected Gurage Zone. His weight would be average for a newborn baby, but as a toddler, he weighs approximately one-third of what he should. His diagnosis is severe acute malnutrition. Still, Mubarek was lucky; his mother brought him to the weekly UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding programme that has been set up to save the lives of severely malnourished children. He did not have medical complications that would require clinical treatment and was able to begin home-based care, receiving weekly rations of ready-to-use therapeutic foods. Children are the most vulnerable to nutritional deficits and the first to succumb when there is not enough food at home. Those with severe acute malnutrition have a 25 to 50 per cent chance of dying if they don't receive proper treatment. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde F. Johnson visited Guraghe Zone during her recent trip to drought-affected areas of southern Ethiopia. She concluded her trip by calling for immediate help to feed malnourished children and their families. To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_44623.html ... tagged: unicef, ethiopia, nutrition, children, united, nations, hilde, johnson, gurage less

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UNICEF: Providing nutrition and play spaces in Peru

CHINCHA, Peru, 7 April 2008 -- Still recovering from a devastating earthquake last summer, the children and parents of Chincha do not take nutrition for granted. In this region, chronic malnutrition..... ... tagged: unicef, peru, nutrition, earthquake, children more

CHINCHA, Peru, 7 April 2008 -- Still recovering from a devastating earthquake last summer, the children and parents of Chincha do not take nutrition for granted. In this region, chronic malnutrition... that nearly half of the children of Chincha suffer from anaemia. UNICEF has established 135 nutrition ... tagged: unicef, peru, nutrition, earthquake, children less

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UNICEF: Fighting undernutrition in Cameroon

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cameroon_51756.htmlTCHONTCHI, Cameroon, 13 November 2009 ... tagged: unicef, cameroon, tchontchi, children, nutrition, undernutrition, health

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UNICEF: Global recession hits families in Kygyzstan

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children UNICEF is featuring a series of storie... ... tagged: unicef, kyrgyzstan, crc, convention, rights, child, children, nutrition, recession, protection more

In the run-up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child a landmark international agreement on the basic human rights of all children UNICEF is featuring a series of stories about progress made and challenges that remain. BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 6 August 2009 Every day, Turganaly Kenjebaev stands on a bridge beside a busy main road, hoping that someone will stop by and offer him a job for the day. If hes lucky, hell earn $4.Of Kyrgyzstans 5.3 million people, an estimated that half-million are working outside the country. The money that such workers send home has been a mainstay of the countrys economy since the days of the Soviet Union.The amounts are beginning to decrease, and we expect an even greater decline next year," said UNICEF Representative in Kyrgyzstan Timothy Schaffter. "This will have a very significant effect on families, many of whom live in the poorer areas. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) states that all children have the right to nutritious food.In the spirit of the CRC, UNICEF is working with the Kyrgyz Government to enact legislation that will help to address the nutritional concerns of parents like Mr. Kenjebaev. Later this year, new laws will mandate that all bread flour sold in Kyrgyzstan must be fortified with iron, vitamins and other essential micro-nutrients, which will contribute to the healthy development of childrens minds and bodies.As UNICEFs Mr. Schaffter noted: Due to the rising costs of food, people are eating more bread, and fortunately now this bread will be fortified with these important micro-nutrients.To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/kyrgyzstan_50688.html ... tagged: unicef, kyrgyzstan, crc, convention, rights, child, children, nutrition, recession, protection less

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UNICEF: Bangladesh's "Silent Emergency" of malnutrition

nutrition surveillance to allow early detection of changes in child nutrition and health, and in the food ... tagged: unicef, bangladesh, nutrition, malnutrition, children, health, protection

Apr 13, 2009 - Flash - watch here - source

UNICEF: Preparing for the "silent tsunami" of global hunger

Advisor on Nutrition, Flora Sibanda Mulder. "Household insecurity, food insecurity will cause acute..., visit: http://www.unicef.org/nutrition/index_44186.html ... tagged: unicef, hunger, nutrition, plumpynut

Jun 3, 2008 - Flash - watch here - source

UNICEF: Fighting malnutrition among Guatemala's children

SANTA LUCIA, Guatemala, 18 February 2009 Santa Sebastiana Aguilar Pacheco understands the pain of hunger all too well. The 45-year-old woman lives with her elderly mother, her 71-year-old husband and... ... tagged: unicef, guatemala, children, nutrition, santa, lucia more

SANTA LUCIA, Guatemala, 18 February 2009 Santa Sebastiana Aguilar Pacheco understands the pain of hunger all too well. The 45-year-old woman lives with her elderly mother, her 71-year-old husband and two children in a small house with a dirt floor. She earns her livelihood by raising rabbits and cleaning houses, taking home the equivalent of $1 per day."I tend to look for whatever food is cheapest because money is scarce," says Ms. Pacheco. "One day we might have a little bit of beans, the next day rice, another day turnips. Sometimes we'll have nothing but turnips for lunch. We don't have any meat. We raise rabbits but we need to sell them, we don't eat them." UNICEF Representative in Guatemala Adriano González-Regueral notes that half of the country's children suffer from chronic malnutrition. The problem manifests itself in stunted growth and lowered IQ scores. "One out of two is the average but in indigenous areas, chronic malnutrition can reach 80 per cent total of children under five years of age," he says. To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/guatemala_48087.html ... tagged: unicef, guatemala, children, nutrition, santa, lucia less

Mar 2, 2009 - Flash - watch here - source

UNICEF: Food insecurity amongst the world's poor

NEW YORK, USA, 26 January 2008, With more than one billion people in the world suffering from food price fluctuations and nutrition concerns, tackling global food scarcity and high food prices is a ... ... tagged: unicef, mozambique, ann, veneman, nutrition, women, children more

NEW YORK, USA, 26 January 2008, With more than one billion people in the world suffering from food price fluctuations and nutrition concerns, tackling global food scarcity and high food prices is a top item on the agendas of United Nations agencies.With that goal, the executive boards from the ... tagged: unicef, mozambique, ann, veneman, nutrition, women, children less

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UNICEF: Food insecurity as drought worsens in Kenya

ISIOLO, Kenya, 16 October 2009 ... tagged: unicef, kenya, horn, africa, drought, nutrition, children, food, djibouti, somalia, ethiopia, eritre... more

ISIOLO, Kenya, 16 October 2009 ... tagged: unicef, kenya, horn, africa, drought, nutrition, children, food, djibouti, somalia, ethiopia, eritrea less

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