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September 21, 2012
Child malnutrition in Madagascar
Stunting is a phenomenon in children occurring because of severely low availability of nutrition. It is irreversible, and Madagascar has the 6th highest incidence of stunting in children under the age of 5 in the world. The primary cause of this is poverty with more than 80 per cent of […]
September 21, 2012
Food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa
Although the number of people living in extreme poverty in SSA (sub-Saharan Africa) reduced significantly between 1999 and 2008, SSA still has the highest concentration of ultra poor in the world. This is the leading cause of malnutrition and food insecurity in the region. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Embarrassing malnutrition figures of Gujarat, India
While Gujarat is debatably termed one of the most progressive Indian states, the malnutrition and hunger numbers within the states speak of an alternate reality, which the Chief Minister of the state hastily described as a ‘diet fad’. As many as 38.1 per cent of urban children in Gujarat are […]
September 21, 2012
India: Nearly 50 per cent of children underweight in border areas of Rajasthan
In the Indian state of Rajasthan, even as the nation celebrates national nutrition week (1-7 September), the nutrition status of women was found to be particularly low (especially in the border areas), despite several government measures in place. This leads directly to nearly 50 per cent of children being underweight, […]
September 21, 2012
South African minister releases findings of sanitation audit
Human Settlements Minister of South Africa Tokyo Sexwale recently released the findings of the sanitation audit, which was conducted by a ministerial task force. He vowed that getting access to basic sanitation would be the first in line for execution by the government. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
India: Delhi Chief Minister committed to providing clean water in schools
The Delhi Government is committed to providing clean drinking water in schools, declared the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit. She urged the children to take up water conservation as an issue of awareness. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
Ghanaian Government launches Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation for sanitation
The Ghanaian government recently launched a Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation framework for the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate of the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. This will further the goal of Ghana of scaling the sanitation access in the nation from an alarming 14 per cent to 54 […]
September 21, 2012
Ghana: President Mahama launches nationwide sanitation programme
President John Dramani Mahama recently mobilised 80 vehicles for the launch of the National Sanitation Programme, an initiative which would help achieve the sanitation targets within the country, through a comprehensive nationwide strategy. Read more here.
September 21, 2012
East Meets West: Innovation in sanitation business models
This post gets into the details of the working mechanisms and principles of the foundation, East Meets West, especially in the successful delivery of sanitation to disadvantaged communities in developing countries. Through a Q&A with John Anner, President of the Foundation, it also explores the scope of the grant to […]
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