New Delhi/Bhubaneshwar: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Odisha will work on improving household food and nutritional security by strengthening livelihood initiatives, reaching thousands of state-supported Women¡¯s Self-Help Groups (WSHGs).
Transforming food systems in the Arab region is crucial to ending hunger and malnutrition in the region
A United Nations study indicates that hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, threatening the region¡¯s efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Zero Hunger goal.
10 June 2021, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia. The three agencies are particularly concerned about the situation in Tigray region where the risk of famine is imminent, unless food, livelihood assistance and other life-saving interventions continue to be scaled-up, unimpeded access is guaranteed, and hostilities cease.
Niamey ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomes a US$ 7 million contribution by the Government of Japan to provide food and nutrition support to more than 83,000 people in Niger¡¯s crisis-affected regions of Diffa, Maradi, Tahoua and Tillabery.
CAIRO ¨C Marking the Holy month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched a campaign providing Muslims around the world with the opportunity to give their Zakat to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s critical work in combatting malnutrition.
ROME ¨C The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) - an international alliance of the UN, the EU, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together - has found. Conflict, economic shocks ¨C including due to COVID-19, extreme weather ¨C pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020.
ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR ¨C The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink of famine, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ). With acute malnutrition rates continuing to rise, urgent action is required to address this unfolding humanitarian crisis.
YEREVAN ¨C With funding from the British Embassy in Yerevan, and as part of the ¡°Wholegrain Wheat Value Chain¡± project to boost nutrition, Â鶹ÊÓƵ organized interactive practical training sessions for 200 participants from 30 communities in Tavush to increase knowledge about whole grain wheat bread and bakery production.
(ROME/PARIS) -- The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have renewed their partnership aimed at strengthening health and nutrition programmes for school children and will unite their expertise so that children and young people can learn, grow, and contribute to the future of their countries.
DAKAR/BRUSSELS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the European Union (EU) today announced that they are partnering in an 18-month project to improve the production, availability and consumption of nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition among women and children in Africa¡¯s Central Sahel region comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
As the consequences of COVID-19 become more tangible, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, WHO and UNICEF are working together to protect children and families in Angola from catastrophic levels of deprivation through strengthening essential services, including health, food security, nutrition, hygiene, and education.
LUANDA¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF) welcome a contribution of US$ one million from the Government of Japan to support various interventions in Angola.
ESHPEROV ¨C A pilot greenhouse project to supplement school meals with locally-grown fresh vegetables was launched today at Dogdurov school in Eshperov village of Issyk-Kul province. The programme aims to strengthen the capacity of all Kyrgyz primary schools to prepare and serve fresh and nutritious meals throughout the country.
Kathmandu - The Government of Japan has agreed to extend grant assistance of Japanese Yen 364 million (about US$3.47 million / NRs.405 million) to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Nepal for implementing the Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Programme in five vulnerable districts of Provinces 1 and 2.
Lilongwe, Malawi, February 17, 2021 ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS in the Ministry of Health today welcome a timely contribution of EUR 550,000 (about 515 million Malawi Kwacha) from the Government of Ireland to support interventions that prevent malnutrition in Malawi.
Humanitarian crisis continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warn FAO, UNICEF, Â鶹ÊÓƵ and WHO
SANA¡¯A/ADEN/ROME/NEW YORK/GENEVA - Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations agencies warned today. Of these, 400,000 are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition and could die if they do not receive urgent treatment.
ADDIS ABABA/ROME ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) affirms the need for strong partnership between the Government of Ethiopia and the entire humanitarian community to rapidly scale up a collective response to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of people in Tigray.
NEW YORK/ROME ¨C More than 39 billion in-school meals have been missed globally since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures, according to a new report released today by the UNICEF Office of Research ¨C Innocenti and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
Bangkok, Thailand ¨C The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world¡¯s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today by four specialized agencies of the United Nations.
MAPUTO ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Special Advisor on Mother and Child Health and Nutrition, Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, reaffirmed the crucial role of gender equality in fighting malnutrition, as she wrapped up a week-long trip to Mozambique.
Levels of hunger reach record levels, requiring urgent action
SANA¡¯A/ROME/NEW YORK ¨C The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF warned today.
The United Nations calls for the targeting of new policies and investments in the lagging territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.
December 2, 2020, Santiago de Chile - A new United Nations report shows the territorial inequality of malnutrition in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
New Delhi: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Government of Rajasthan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to achieve food security and improved nutrition in the state to make significant progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2. This cooperation will target people at high risk of malnutrition, especially women, children and adolescent girls, to have improved nutrition by 2025.
BUJUMBURA - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Special Advisor on Mother and Child Health and Nutrition, Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, visited Burundi for a week to encourage the mission of the government and Â鶹ÊÓƵ to improve the nutritional health of mothers and children.
KAMPALA, 7 October, 2020 ¨C Ugandans in nine urban areas were at Crisis levels of food insecurity or worse for months leading to August because of negative impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. The worst affected of were Gulu, Jinja and Kasese where nearly one in three people struggled to find nutritious food on a regular basis.
GUATEMALA CITY ¨C Undernutrition, overweight and obesity cost Guatemala US$12 billion in 2018 amounting to a significant 16.3 percent of the country¡¯s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a report released today by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Resources lost to malnutrition take away from hard won development gains.
