Food Insecurity
UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “appalled” by the deteriorating...
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Maternal first trimester SIMPLE nutritional score, early markers of placental function and pregnancy outcome: a prospective multicenter Italian study (SIMPLE study)
Miele MJ, Souza RT, Calderon IM, Feitosa FE, Leite DF, Rocha Filho EA, et al. Maternal Nutrition Status Associated with...
Read moreHaiti: More Than Half of the Population Facing Alarming Levels of Food Insecurity
… to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) … the decline in food and nutritional security in the...
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Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria
Four and a half months after the fall of the Assad regime, the interim authorities have begun taking formal steps...
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Nourishing Syria’s future: How WFP is rethinking nutrition for a generation born into conflict
Children play in a street next to a WFP distribution in rural Aleppo. Photo: WFP/Marwa Bana Since the outbreak of...
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Climate change: How mountain communities are scaling new heights
Investment in organic farming, sustainable textiles and eco-tourism is helping mountain communities in Central Asia adapt to global warming, the...
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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
That is the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social...
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UN chief hails Pope Francis as ‘a transcendent voice for peace’
The pontiff - born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina - was elected in March 2013. He was the...
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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur
Renewed attacks on camps – including Zamzam and Abu Shouk – that were sheltering those displaced by earlier violence have...
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Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes
The earthquakes – which hit central Myanmar on 28 March – killed at least 3,700 people, injured 4,800 more and...
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