Jul 10, 2019 In the News India The X factor: Teenage pregnancies are large silent contributors to childhood malnutrition in India (Scroll.in) Gender Nutrition India’s Scroll.in reported on an IFPRI study that found child marriages and underage pregnancies contribute to the country’s malnourishment problem. The article quoted Senior Research Fellow […]

Jul 11, 2019 In the News Bangladesh Myanmar ‘Difficult policy choices lie ahead’ to improve Rohingya nutrition, research finds (Devex) Nutrition Poverty Food Security Devex reported on IFPRI’s new issue brief on the forcibly displaced Rohingya. The article described the key takeaways from the brief and policy seminar held on […]

Source: Southern African Development Community Country: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe SADC report says 41.2 million people in 13 countries are estimated to be food insecure in 2019-2020 – a 28 percent […]

Source: UN News Service Country: Mozambique Last month, the UNSG stated that “this is the moment to translate into concrete gestures our solidarity with a country affected by one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in African history”. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrives in the southern African nation of Mozambique […]