Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Government of Somalia Country: Somalia UN agencies and the Federal Government seek $72.5 million to implement life-saving activities where flooding destroyed farmland, infrastructure and livelihoods. Mogadishu, 23 November 2019 — The Federal Government of Somalia and the humanitarian community today launched […]

Changing the ways in which wood is harvested and traded for timber, paper and other uses is essential to fighting deforestation and the negative effects of climate change, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on the eve of a global meeting on sustainable wood production. More than one […]

Nov 9, 2019 In the News India Why India should seriously pay attention to its children’s pre-diabetes (Economic Times/India Times) Health Nutrition Economic Times/India Times published an article on diabetes in Indian youth. Senior Research Fellow Purnima Menon said, “There should be a full review of the nutritional composition of […]

Source: World Food Programme Country: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Las encuestas de seguridad alimentaria del WFP realizadas este año mostraron que el 54% de los migrantes y refugiados en Colombia y el 23% en Ecuador tienen inseguridad alimentaria moderada o severa. ROMA – El Programa Mundial de Alimentos […]

Air pollution is a potent killer. Need proof? Consider these facts: in the United States alone some 200,000 people succumb to ailments brought on or exacerbated by toxic air. Air pollution has been linked to a variety of debilitating health conditions from coronary disease to strokes. Nor is the US […]