Millions of women severely undernourished in low- and middle-income countries
More than 18 million women in low- and middle-income countries around the world are severely undernourished, according to the first global estimate published online today in JAMA. These women tend to...
View ArticleHow tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis
Dr Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge) is co-editor of the open access book Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes, which will be...
View ArticleMeasles not under control globally. And that is not good.
This year was supposed to mark the point when measles—one of the most infectious diseases on the planet—was finally under control. As a step in its plan to eliminate measles worldwide by 2020, the...
View ArticleThe eNutrition Academy: Supporting Malnutrition Education Globally
doi: 10.3945/an.115.010728 Adv Nutr January 2016 Adv Nutr vol. 7: 190-198, 2016 The eNutrition Academy: Supporting a New Generation of Nutritional Scientists around the World 1,2 Catherine Geissler3,...
View ArticleNumber of obese and overweight children under five ‘alarming’, WHO says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 41 million children under the age of five are obese or overweight across the globe, with numbers rising most rapidly in developing countries, the World...
View ArticleUN, WHO bureaucracies threaten global health
The World Health Organization’s emergency response capability is “lacking” and will put thousands of lives at risk if it is not reformed now, according to a high-level U.N. report on health crises....
View ArticleEbola, Zika and More: Designing One Test to Catch Them All
Zika virus infections are raising concerns about a form of fetal brain damage known as microcephaly. With the World Health Organization recently declaring it a global health emergency, scientists are...
View ArticleOne-third of hospitals in developing world lack running water
A study of 430 hospitals in the developing world found that more than one-third lacked running water, a deficiency that can lead to unsanitary conditions for patients in general and dangerous...
View ArticleA model list of essential diagnostic tests is necessary: experts
Similar to long-established list of essential medicines, it could help improve capacity and quality of testing in developing nations ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In a western doctor’s office or hospital,...
View ArticleGlobal obesity estimates may miss more than half a billion worldwide
Standard methods for estimating obesity may grossly underestimate the burden of overweight worldwide — on the scale of hundreds of millions — according to a paper published in Obesity Reviews....
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