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Child Malnutrition

Nutrition: The Best Downpayment on Future Prosperity Remains Chronically Underfunded

Dr David McNair | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Malnutrition, Child Malnutrition, Foreign Aid, Hunger, Poverty, Nutrition, Child Poverty, UK Impact, Diet, UK News
Dr David McNair

Despite malnutrition causing a third of child deaths, new research published this week highlights that nutrition programmes are chronically underfunded - with only 0.37% of total aid spent on basic interventions that are deemed to have huge benefits for children and for economic growth.

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No Easy Bedtime Reading for G8 Leaders

Rheal Drisdelle | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Child Malnutrition, G8, Niger, Famine, Africa, UK Impact, Plan Niger, Plan International, Camp David, Save the Children, UK Politics News
Rheal Drisdelle

This is the Great Silent Tsunami that keeps happening year after year with some years, like this one, worse than others. But who's listening? Did you know that a severely malnourished child does not cry but instead dies in silence?

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