The federal government has approved a five-year plan for reducing stunting among children of up to five years in 67 districts across the country. Half of the cost of the Rs312 billion plan will, ...

In Pakistan 40.2 per cent of children under five are stunted, which is an alarmingly high incidence, according to the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2018. The fact that this number has barely ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's new government started an ambitious $28 million project Monday to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting although ...

The Grow Great Campaign is tackling child stunting in South Africa, focusing on early childhood nutrition and the first 1 000 ...

The United Nations World Food Programme on Tuesday, April 28, handed over anthropometric equipment to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) in suupport of efforts to strengthen child nutrition and growth ...

In his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday, 12 February, President Cyril Ramaphosa committed to embarking on a mission to end child stunting by 2030, which has been heralded as a “big win” ...

The hair on her temples is damp with sweat, and her eyes are closed. Maryann Barrios is sick, again, and asleep in her mother’s arms in the shade of a tarpaulin outside their one-room shack in Manila, ...

Stunting among children aged below five has increased in four northeastern Indian states, a trend not observed in the region over the last 15 years, according to the fifth round of the National Family ...