Oct 26, 2019 In the News India Modi’s health reforms: Between hope and hype (The Lancet) Food Security Nutrition The Lancet (USA) reported on the Modi government’s first 100 days of his second term. The article reviewed the National Nutrition Mission (the Poshan Abhiyan), a reform to counter the malnutrition […]

Source: UN Assistance Mission in Somalia Country: Somalia More than 270,000 people have been affected, and casualties have been reported. Farmland and infrastructure have been destroyed and livelihoods disrupted in some of the worst-hit areas. Belet Weyne, 4 November 2019 – The United Nations has joined the national efforts to […]

Four people were injured during a knife attack outside a Hong Kong mall on Sunday, including a local politician whose ear was reported to have been partially bitten off.

Source: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, UN Children’s Fund Country: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, World A new report features achievements and actions for children’s rights in ASEAN, and looks at what the next 30 years might look like […]

Oct 30, 2019 In the News Kenya Urban Food Insecurity (D + C = Development + Cooperation) Health Poverty Nutrition Food Security D + C = Development + Cooperation (Germany) reported that urban poverty tends to be underestimated. IFPRI found that in Kenya, urban areas have higher income inequality than […]