AllAfrica News: Nutrition

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Drought, rising food prices, shortages of essential medicines and disruptions to health services are compounding humanitarian needs across northern Ethiopia's Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions, with displaced children particularly vulnerable to acute malnutrition, according to a humanitarian assessment document seen by Addis Standard.

[Daily Maverick] The closing date for a Department of Basic Education tender for the implementation of an early childhood development pilot nutrition programme has been extended eight times over the past seven months, igniting a call for accelerated action among civil society groups in the sector.

[Nigeria Health Watch] According to the 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey, Sokoto State is one of the four states with the highest prevalence of malnutrition among children six to 59 months in the country. With a prevalence of 8.4%, only Zamfara (10.3%) Katsina (9.2%) and Jigawa (8.5) are worse off. Nigeria is currently battling child malnutrition amidst many other healt...

[New Times] Vitamins are organic molecules that help the body in its growth, functioning and metabolism. The body needs 13 essential vitamins for all its functions, which cannot be made adequately by the body, hence have to be taken from food. Deficiency of any one or more vitamins manifests in various ways.

[Ghanaian Times] Ten health and community workers in the Biakoye District and surrounding communities in the Oti Region have received nutrition training resources and support for malaria prevention education through a donor-funded initiative by MamaCare Ghana.