Experiencing food insecurity during pregnancy is a driver of inequalities in maternal diet with potential maternal and infant health consequences. This systematic review explored associations between food insecurity in pregnancy and maternal and infant health outcomes. Methods and f...
In Yemen, 161,000 people are projected to face the catastrophic phase 5 level of food insecurity by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) by mid-year. In South Sudan, 55,000 people may already be experiencing phase 5. In Somalia, 81,000 people could face the same if rai...
What can we learn about the number of people experiencing acute hunger?Sudan. Sudan, Syri a and Yemen. Moreover, an extr a 143 million people in A. It comes from eight countries.another 42 countries are just one step away from acute hunger. B. It dropped slightly in 2018.Acute hunger ...
For example, in relation to nutritional status, studies have shown a substantial proportion of older adults in India were underweight (38%), anaemic and experiencing food insecurity (17%)36,37. In addition, the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency was reported to be higher in South Asian ...
Almost half of the population of Madagascar that is 48.5% are undernourished between 2019 and 2021. In the report of the Global Hunger Index, the malnutrition rate of the country has ranked second. Hunger has severely affected the country by affecting 7.7% of the children experiencing wasting, ...
The UNOCHA said at least 18.6 million people are already experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity and rising malnutrition across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. This figure could increase to 20 million by September. Amid the worsening drought, more than 11.6 million people cannot access enough...
"With at least 28 million people experiencing food insecurity before the pandemic, COVID-19 is expected to deepen food insecurity by at least 19 percent in the Horn of Africa region," the report reads. It was stressed in the report that extremist groups such as Al Shabaab have exploited the...
43). Almost half of children who had prevalent growth faltering met two or more of these three growth faltering conditions, with 17–22% of all children experiencing multiple conditions after the age of 12 months (Fig. 5b). Longitudinal analyses showed that early growth faltering predisposed ...
South Sudan and CAR are both conflict-affected countries experiencing protracted and complex humanitarian crises, internally displaced populations and highly fragile health systems. Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi host large numbers of refugees. This presence of internally displaced persons and refugees in the ...
Efforts to tackle this problem have proven unsatisfactory for many reasons, including insufficient data on who is experiencing energy poverty to a poor definition of what this concept entails. This study examines methods for measuring energy poverty considering spatial, household preferences, home ...