Wednesday, March 22, 2023
A mother and her child’s health are closely interlinked. Children are most dependent on their mothers for their nutritional needs - both as babies born to them and as children primarily cared for by them. In India, a mother’s height and educational...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Today, the locally sourced World Food Programme (WFP) supported home-grown school feeding reaches 66 million children in 54 African countries. Almost every plateful (or 84% of the home-grown programmes) is funded by domestic budgets....
Friday, May 28, 2021
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Over the last two decades, cash transfer programmes, including conditional cash transfers (CCTs), have become...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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The Global Child Nutrition Foundation shares key insights into the impact of school meal programs, and how...
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Asia, India
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Thursday, March 25, 2021
In the last few decades, Lao PDR has seen high economic growth and poverty reduction and yet, a fifth of the population continues to live below the national poverty line. Maternal and child mortality are high compared to other countries in Southeast Asia...
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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Indonesia, an archipelago of over 13,000 inhabited islands, faces strong regional diversity and geographical...
Thursday, February 18, 2021
These are findings in a new report, Nutrition Critical, released by Save the Children.
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Oceania, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40 billion in-school meals have been missed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published on Thursday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Office of...
Friday, November 6, 2020
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My first job in the public sector was for a cash transfer programme called Ellas Hacen (They Do) in...
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America, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Asia, India
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
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Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs are widely used in low- and middle-...