NEW DELHI: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) of Uttar Pradesh are setting up over 200 supplementary nutrition production units to support distribution under the government¡¯s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme that, among other services, provides nutrition services to children under 6 years of age.
BAMAKO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today launched a large-scale food and nutrition intervention to assist nearly one million people in the northern and central regions of Mali including Gao, Kidal, M¨¦naka, Mopti, S¨¦gou, Taoud¨¦nit and Timbuktu.
NAIROBI ¨C With vital donor support, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has launched cash transfers and nutrition support for more than a quarter of a million people struggling to survive from the impact of COVID-19 on informal settlements in Nairobi.
Three-year initiative aims to support the Government of Ethiopia in preventing acute malnutrition among children and mothers in 100 districts and promoting health and nutrition in 600 schools.
DAR ES SALAAM ¨C The Japanese government has contributed US$1.5 million to the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to support the implementation of the four-year Boresha Lishe nutrition project in rural areas of central Tanzania.
DHAKA - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education to distribute take-home food rations to nearly 3 million school children across Bangladesh who are missing out on their school meals due to school closures caused by the spread of the Coronavirus.
KHARTOUM ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sudan received a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan, for the treatment of acute malnutrition of 127,000 infants, mothers and pregnant women in Central and West Darfur states.
DILI ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ, in partnership with the National Council for Food Security, Sovereignty and Nutrition in Timor-Leste (KONSSANTIL), launched the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) report today. The report focuses on identifying policies and interventions best suited to help the people of Timor-Leste access nutritious foods, particularly the most vulnerable.
The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set out a new framework for collaboration in areas of food security, nutrition and innovative investment solutions.
BANJUL ¨C The economy of The Gambia is losing 3.96 billion Gambian Dalasi (US$83 million) a year ¨C about 5.1 percent of the country¡¯s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a new study released in Banjul today. The multi-agency Cost of Hunger in Africa (COHA) study shows that the losses are incurred each year through increased healthcare costs, additional burdens to the education system and reduced workforce productivity.
FREETOWN ¡ª The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today welcomed an important contribution of 2,850 metric tonnes of rice from the Government of Sierra Leone to support the implementation of the country¡¯s national school feeding programme which is at the centre of the government¡¯s ¡°free quality education¡± initiative.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a US$3.39 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help meet the immediate food needs of drought-affected people in Zambia.
LUSAKA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomed a contribution of SEK 20 million (US$2 million) from the Government of Sweden to help meet the food and nutrition needs of people affected by the drought in Zambia.
Rome - At the global World Food Day ceremony today speakers called for bolder and faster action across sectors to make healthy and sustainable diets available and affordable for all.
PORT-AU-PRINCE ¨C Thanks to the expansion of a home-grown school feeding programme supported by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), 43,000 Haitian school children will receive hot meals prepared daily with fresh ingredients bought directly from local small-scale farmers. The initiative will kick off in the new school year (2019-2020) which starts on 9 September.
ALGIERS ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received a contribution of 350 metric tons of dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth US$725,000 which will help support Sahrawi refugees living in camps in Algeria.
VIENTIANE - A large shipment of rice, lentils and oil donated by the United States arrived at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Vientiane warehouse on May 10, 2019, where U.S. Ambassador to Lao PDR Rena Bitter received the goods.
¡®Famine Likely¡¯: new classification to boost warning
Rome, Italy, 25 April 2019 - New global guidelines published today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative will further hone food security and nutrition analysis processes for better and more actionable information during humanitarian crises.
DHAKA ¨C The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand a cooked school meal programme to reach 400,000 children in 2,000 schools across 16 sub-districts. The programme was successfully piloted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) finds that that around 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017
KAMPALA ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has suspended distributing Super Cereal ¨C a fortified blended food ¨C in Uganda after scores of people were taken sick and were admitted to health centres following local food distributions in the Karamoja region in the Northeast.
22 February 2019, Juba - Nearly 7 million people in South Sudan could face acute food insecurity at the height of this lean season (May-July), three United Nations agencies warned today, urging for scaled-up humanitarian assistance and better access to humanitarian relief.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has identified stocks of Super Cereal - a fortified blended food used in its food assistance programmes - that is too low in protein and fat to meet normal specifications. There is no issue with the safety of the product, which is provided by a commercial supplier.
