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Elizabeth feeds her twins some therapeutic food supplement at the Bolgatanga Nutrition and Rehabilitation center in Ghana.

Ghana: improving nutrition in the last two decades

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When I first saw the marked reduction in stunting in the 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Ghana, I was pleasantly surprised. In fact, most partners had doubted the findings and eagerly waited for the next national Demographic and Health Survey in 2014 to confirm the trend. But indeed, Ghana has reduced stunting even further to… Read more →←
Girls carry buckets filled with water in a camp for internally displaced people, outside Yola in Nigeria.

Support children’s access to clean water and basic toilets

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Access to water is a basic human right, however today there are 663 million people who go without. Today, there are 2.4 billion people who do not use a basic toilet, and almost 1 billion who go in the open. While significant progress has been made to improve this situation, millions of children in poor and rural communities have been… Read more →←
In Bangladesh, Chaya Rani (left) adds Sprinkles, a micronutrient powder (MNP), to food for her 15-month-old daughter.

Refocusing on equity in our pursuit of stunting reduction

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The importance of addressing stunting for children, their families and their communities, is receiving increasing attention and recognition. In 2012, at the World Health Assembly, national governments committed to achieving a 40% reduction in the number of children under 5 years of age who are stunted by 2025. Stunting is also likely to… Read more →←
A woman in Pakistan uses pit latrine which she has constructed by herself outside her house.

The challenge of sanitation in Pakistan

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Recently I attended the Pakistan Conference on Sanitation, PACOSAN II, which took place in Islamabad. Among the many interesting issues raised, one stood out as a serious problem for communities within Pakistan. I am talking about the problem of open defecation. It is not a pleasant subject and nobody really likes to talk about it.… Read more →←
There were major concerns about the rate of severe malnutrition after two years of violence in CAR.

Malnutrition in CAR: 5 things we’ve learnt

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As the crisis in CAR wore on through a violent 2014, nutrition experts began to worry. They knew that the majority of families were unable to plant their crops or earn their living, and that the price of essential foods like rice had increased by as much as 25%. Displaced families had poor access to safe water and sanitation, and… Read more →←
While Bakhita holds her child, a Medical Assistant advises her on how to look after the child’s nutrition and growth. A regular nutrition assessment indicated that her child is moderately malnourished.

6 things to know about the status of global nutrition

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Here’s something to put on your reading list this year: the Global Nutrition Report (GNR). As the first comprehensive narrative of nutrition progress for all 193 United Nations member states, the GNR is packed with surprising facts, troves of data and ambitious recommendations. More than a technical report filled with statistics, it is… Read more →←
A nutrition education session for villages in Uganda, as part of the Africa Nutrition Security Partnership.

Child hunger and its long-term effects

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Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling “Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!” in his mother tongue, Nkore, he jostles with his younger brothers for possession. At five years old, Eric’s body already tells a story of poverty and lost… Read more →←

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