First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in the treatment and care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This report examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Financing nutrition in India: cost implications of the nutrition policy landscape 2022-23
Over the last few years, India has been implementing several nutrition interventions as part of its national strategy to address malnutrition and associated risks. These include nutrition-specific interventions
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State of school feeding worldwide 2022
This report is WFP’s flagship publication and the main reporting mechanism of the School Meals Coalition. It provides an overview on how countries support their children through effective school feeding
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Healthcare and disease burden in Africa: the impact of socioeconomic factors on public health
This book evaluates African healthcare systems from multiple perspectives. By examining empirical data from various African countries, it analyzes the effects of socioeconomic factors such as urbanization,
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Tracking urban health policies: a conceptual framework with special focus on air pollution in African cities
To enhance health co-benefits across urban policies which tackle air pollution and climate change, WHO, in cooperation with various international, national, and local partners, implemented the Urban Health
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Women and men in India 2022
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 24th issue of publication titled “Women and Men in India 2022” on 15th March,
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WHO global report on sodium intake reduction
<p>The world is off track to meet its target of reducing salt intake by almost a third by 2025, costing thousands of lives, according to this new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p>
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Undernourished and overlooked: a global nutrition crisis in adolescent girls and women
<p>The number of pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million to 6.9 million – or 25 per cent – since 2020 in 12 countries hardest hit by the global food and nutrition crisis, according to this new report by the UNICEF.</p>
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World obesity atlas 2023
<p>More than half of the world's population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to this World Obesity Atlas 2023 published by the World Obesity Federation.</p>
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More than a billion reasons: the urgent need to build universal social protection for children
<p>The number of children without access to social protection is increasing year-on-year, leaving them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, according to this new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.</p>