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UN food relief agency working with Sri Lanka to end hunger and malnutrition

UN food relief agency working with Sri Lanka to end hunger and malnutrition

Feb 15, 2017, at 06:11 pm

New York, Feb 15 (Just Earth News): Sri Lanka is making efforts to achieve zero hunger and zero under-nutrition, having launched a national review of food security and nutrition with the United Nations emergency food relief agency.

Undernutrition taking huge toll on Chad’s economy, new UN-supported study finds

Undernutrition taking huge toll on Chad’s economy, new UN-supported study finds

Oct 13, 2016, at 12:50 pm

New York, Oct 13 (Just Earth News): Chad’s economy is losing 575.8 billion CFA francs ($1.2 billion) per year, or 9.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), to the effects of childhood undernutrition and resultant increased healthcare costs, additional burdens on the education system and lower productivity by the workforce, a new United Nations-backed study has revealed.

Undernutrition in Ghana takes huge human and economic toll – new UN study

Undernutrition in Ghana takes huge human and economic toll – new UN study

Aug 03, 2016, at 12:39 pm

New York, Aug 3 (Just Earth News): The economy of Ghana has been losing some $2.6 billion annually – or 6.4 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) – due to child undernutrition, according to a new United Nations study launched on Tuesday in the country’s capital, Accra.