Malnutrition isn’t just hunger. It’s a life-threatening condition that can rob children of the opportunity to live full and healthy lives. The International Rescue Committee believes that we can help ...

according to healthcare providers here. Malnutrition is broadly defined as a deficiency or imbalance in one’s intake of nutrients, and healthcare clusters here have found that older adults, especially ...

Singapore is seeing increased malnutrition among older adults, which increases the risk of falls and cognitive decline. Factors include ageing, chronic illnesses, social isolation, and poor diets, but ...

India's economic progress is overshadowed by a persistent malnutrition crisis, marked by high rates of stunting, wasting, and anaemia, especially among marginalized communities. Despite calorie ...

Why Gaza’s young are especially vulnerable. By Pablo Robles, Stephanie Nolen and Aaron Boxerman When children are deprived of sufficient food, a cascade of health failures can quickly follow. Critical ...

I’m a global health reporter. When health workers screen small children for signs of malnutrition, they often collect a simple measurement with a tape measure. A typical two-year old has an upper arm ...

In the Al-Rantisi hospital in Gaza City, nine-year-old Maryam Dawas is wasting away. WARNING: This shows people suffering from malnutrition which you may find distressing Her malnutrition is so severe ...

Around 12,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering from acute malnutrition, and hunger-related deaths are rising, the Director General of the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "In ...

Afghanistan is seeing its sharpest-ever surge of child malnutrition, the World Food Programme said Monday, adding it needed $539 million to help the country’s most vulnerable families. Almost 10 ...

The boy made no sounds, recalls Dr. Ibrahim Alashi. Not a cry. Not even a whimper. Severe starvation had robbed him of even that, he says. "When I first saw him, I was shocked. His body was extremely ...

At least 652 children have died from malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the first six months of 2025, according to Doctors Without Borders. The charity, known by its French initials MSF, ...

Gaza City — The head of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said on Tuesday that 21 children had died across the Palestinian territory in the past three days "due to malnutrition and starvation." "These ...