malnutrition

In Bangladesh, approximately 31% of children under five are stunted and 22% are underweight.
Thoughts

Embracing a multisectoral approach to nutrition in Bangladesh

Despite economic progress, malnutrition continues to undermine Bangladesh’s health and development. A multisectoral approach is essential to break the cycle and ensure lasting change

Mayar Al-Arja, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, lies on a bed in a clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Photo: AP/UNB
World+Biz

Gaza's main hospital overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

When children are malnourished, the country loses future productivity, innovation, and economic growth. Photo: Unicef
Thoughts

When parents fall ill, children suffer: The hidden cost of health shocks in Bangladesh

A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters in Rome, Italy, 9 October, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli/ File photo
World+Biz

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

Rohingya children. Photo: AP via UNB
Bangladesh

Severe malnutrition among Rohingya children surges by 27%: Unicef

Speakers at an event in Dhaka on 6 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Experts stress commercial cultivation of unconventional crops in haor, hilly regions to combat malnutrition

Officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alongside others pose for a photo at the launching event of SUN Youth Network in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Courtesy
Health

GAIN launches SUN Youth Network to tackle malnutrition in Bangladesh

Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Govt to provide food, livelihood assistance in 61 upazilas to bring people out of poverty line

A nutritionist measures the height of a child, who has been diagnosed with malnutrition, at a nutritional recovery centre in Rabinal, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala August 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo
Health

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition: Bill Gates

A mother with her child. Photo: WHO
Health

Mothers suffer most from malnutrition: Food minister

Representational Photo: Collected
Health

More than 1 in 4 children under age 5 face 'severe' food poverty: UNICEF

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UNICEF finds 90% of Gazan children lack food needed for proper growth

Women and children wait to be registered prior to a food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola/File Photo
Africa

Sudan needs 'immediate action' on hunger to avert widespread death, UN-backed report says