MALNUTRITION

Over 93,000 elderlies die from malnutrition in Brazil

Published on: August 12, 2024
11:46

Brasilia, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 93 thousand deaths of the elderly were registered by malnutrition in Brazil, between 2000 and 2021, according to a study conducted and published today by researchers from federal universities.

UN: Malnutrition affects pregnant women and children in Gaza

Published on: July 23, 2024
00:15

Ramallah, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) Malnutrition represents a big danger for pregnant women and newborns in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) warned.

Acute malnutrition affects more than eight thousand children in Gaza

Published on: June 13, 2024
18:01

United Nations, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) More than eight thousand children were diagnosed and treated for acute malnutrition in Gaza, the United Nations (UN) said, warning that supplies are not reaching those who need them most.

Guatemala launches initiative to reduce poverty and malnutrition

Published on: May 2, 2024
00:15

Guatemala, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo presented an intersectoral initiative called “Mano a Mano” (Hand in Hand), in conjunction with eight institutions involved in reducing poverty and malnutrition in targeted territories.

Guatemalan Government will reduce poverty and malnutrition

Published on: April 30, 2024
12:38

Guatemala, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security and the Ministry of Social Development of Guatemala will launch an initiative to reduce poverty and malnutrition in prioritized territories.

Government of Guatemala aims to reduce poverty and malnutrition

Published on: April 30, 2024
09:00

Guatemala City, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security and the Ministry of Social Development of Guatemala will launch an initiative to reduce poverty and malnutrition in priority territories.

WHO warns of serious famine crisis for children in Gaza

Published on: March 7, 2024
14:06

Geneva, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom, warned that the children surviving today the bombardments caused by the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, will not be able to resist famine.

WHO warns of extreme malnutrition in northern Gaza Strip

Published on: March 5, 2024
17:18

Geneva, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that Palestinians residing in northern Gaza Strip are suffering a situation of particularly extreme malnutrition due to the lack of sufficient food aid.

Cuban FM condemns deaths of babies in Gaza due to malnutrition

Published on: February 28, 2024
12:00

Havana, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez charged on Wednesday that in just 24 hours, seven Palestinian babies died of malnutrition, and Israel's bombings on civilians and the obstacles to the entry of aid have aggravated the health situation.

Gaza threatened by unprecedented rise in child malnutrition

Published on: February 19, 2024
17:48

United Nations, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Acute malnutrition rates in northern Gaza suggest a severe and rapid decline in the nutritional status of children under two years of age in the last three months, the UN warned Monday.

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