nutrition

Photo: World Bank/Julio Pantoja
World Bank/Julio Pantoja

UN chief hails progress in scaling up maternal and child nutrition worldwide

27 September 2012
High-level political and private sector officials today met in New York to fight childhood and maternal under-nutrition with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praising the progress made so far, while stressing the importance of continuing to boost efforts on this front.
Photo: World Bank/Julio Pantoja
World Bank/Julio Pantoja

Rio+20: UN agencies say tackling child hunger crucial to achieving ‘the future we want’

20 June 2012
United Nations agencies today stressed the need to tackle child hunger and undernutrition in the pursuit of sustainable development, highlighting a joint initiative that offers practical and effective approaches to combat this problem in the most affected countries.
Photo: IRIN/Siegfried Modola
IRIN/Siegfried Modola

High-level UN group aims to help countries improve nutrition

10 April 2012
High-level officials tasked by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with promoting good nutrition have today agreed to focus on ensuring that support to countries produces tangible results, and that resources for country-led actions are coordinated, aligned, transparent and accountable.
Child's arm being measured to assess his nutritional state at a feeding centre in Dahakula village, Bangladesh.
WFP/S. Noorani

Bangladesh: UN agency launches nutrition support campaign for children, women

19 March 2012
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today it will begin rolling out a new campaign aimed at providing nutritional support to Bangladeshi children and pregnant and nursing women.