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October 6, 2012
Ghana reaches safe water-access target
According to Chief Field Officer of the UNICEF, Clara Dube, Ghana has achieved its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for access to safe drinking water to its citizens. The MDG target demanded coverage of 78 per cent while Ghana now boasts of 82 per cent coverage of drinking water. Read ore here.
October 6, 2012
WFP launches food programme for Afghanistan
The problem of hunger is all pervasive in Afghanistan, especially among its urban poor. In response, the WFP has unrolled the first stage of its initiative aimed at fighting hunger in Afghan cities. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
US based organizations to pledge US$1 billion against world hunger
More than US$ 1 billion in private funds over the next three years will be spent by US-based NGOs and organizations, wherein agriculture, food and nutrition programmes will by monetarily supported. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
India: 13 starvation deaths in Bengal
In an unfortunate twist of events, there have been as many as 13 starvation deaths over the span of 14 months in the Indian state of West Bengal. This information was uncovered by NGOs and trade unions and reflects the failure of the Indian Government’s failure with the PDS or […]
October 6, 2012
Nearly half of Yemenis go hungry post conflict
The urban peninsula has the third highest rate of child malnutrition as almost half of Yemenis go to bed hungry every night as a post conflict scenario consists almost entirely of extremely high food and fuel prices. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
WFP and DSM help progress world nutrition
DSM has committed as much as US$16 million to help WFP’s nutrition programmes which are supported on the field through fortified foods and micronutrient powders. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
A UN spotlight on maternal and child malnutrition
The past week saw the convention of the SUN or the Scaling Up Nutrition countries, called on by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, wherein the countries would share their progress on making child and maternal nutrition available to their poor and underserved. Read more here, and here.
October 6, 2012
India: Danone plans national launch of its nutritional yoghurts
Global daily major of French origins, Danone is planning to unroll its range of nutritional yoghurts in Indian cities by next year. These yoghurts will be called ‘Fundooz’, and are going to be handled by Danone’s unit for base of the pyramid, Danone BOP. Read more here.
October 6, 2012
Making agriculture work for nutrition
This post connects the dots between making quality nutrition available to underserved communities by leveraging the medium of agriculture. Read more here.
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