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A quarter of the world's children under 5 suffer from severe food poverty, the U.N. says.
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoHere in northern Nigeria, where conflict and climate change have long contributed to the problem, her twins are among 181 million children under 5 — or 27% of the world’s ...
The UN says a quarter of the world’s children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa....
The Boston Globe· 17 hours agoThe report, which focused on nearly 100 low- and middle-income countries, defines severe food ...
Almost a third of Ukraine's population lives in poverty – World Bank
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe number of Ukrainians living in poverty has risen by 1.8 million since 2020, representing about 29% of the population, as the Russian invasion continues ...
Nestlé, the baby food pioneer, wants to cash in on the world’s aging population problem
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoAs alarming as population aging may be for economic growth and public finances, it presents an...
Heat waves can be deadly for older adults: An aging global population and rising temperatures mean...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWe talk about this as “systemic cooling poverty.” What can be done? Policymakers can work to cut...
Illinois investing $2 million into libraries in underserved areas
The Center Square· 3 hours agoTo qualify for the grant funding, communities must be eligible for equalization aid grant funding as...
Are we doing better on child hunger? A sweeping UNICEF report weighs in
NPR· 11 hours ago“It amounts... experts told NPR the numbers in the UNICEF report show the world is not making progress in tackling malnutrition and hunger. The covid-19 pandemic, the...Richmond ...
Slovakia country profile
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSlovak and Czech lands unite to form Czechoslovakia, which emerges as the most democratic and prosperous of the Habsburg successor states. 1939 -...
Will India’s new government turbocharge efforts to tackle poverty?
The Economist· 1 day agoWhen it won its independence in 1947, India suffered from appalling poverty. Campaigning in rural...