カテゴリー: Malnutrition
Thousands of cases of food poisoning have been linked to programme launched with fanfare by the president, Prabowo SubiantoRini Irawati feared the worst when she found her teenage daughter Nabila pale and barely breathing in an emergency centre in Indo…
Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babiesMore than 200 health facilities r…
Dozens of children fall ill during rollout of program that was a centrepiece of President Prabowo Subianto’s election campaignDozens of Indonesian schoolchildren have suffered food poisoning after consuming free meals offered through a new flagship pro…
Forced to travel far to find gruelling work making bricks, women and children fall sick but cannot access healthcareThe phrase “khat rahein hain” (“being worn down”) is how Suma Devi describes her 16 years of labouring at the brick kilns near the city …
Close to half the crisis-hit country’s under-fives go hungry and one in five suffer from wasting. Mothers tell here of their struggle as Unicef warns of a blighted generation For more than a year now, Anne Roshel has had no milk to give her two childre…
World Vision report says widespread loss of income and families having fewer meals are seriously affecting children’s healthSee all our coronavirus coverageThe loss of work and skyrocketing food prices, brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, could lea…
Pioneering Rajasthan initiative helps health workers reach families in greatest need first, increasing identification of malnutrition and issues in pregnancyIt’s 10am and time for the first home visit of the day. After consulting a colour-coded map on …