There are now a number of nutrition programmes in place intended to deal with protein energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among children.

Micronutrient deficiency is known as hidden hunger.

Micronutrient Deficiency Control Programmes.

The use of food micro algae to combat acute malnutrition in humanitarian emergencies and for sustainable development

These included increased immunization coverage, initiatives to reduce school dropout rates, community based nutrition promotion, and micronutrient supplementation.

Poor health can be caused by a lack of required nutrients or, in extreme cases, too much of a required nutrient.

Emphasizes the importance of intensifying and assisting national activities for the production and use of food micro algae, especially in member countries of the Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro alga Spirulina against Malnutrition

Stresses the benefits of food micro algae as a concrete aid in reducing acute malnutrition in food emergencies and chronic malnutrition among severely disadvantaged populations

3. Emphasizes the importance of assisting national activities for the production and use of spirulina, especially in member countries of the Convention for the Use of Food Micro algae and the Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Spirulina against Malnutrition

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To combat malnutrition.

Many millions more suffer from silent hunger malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.

UNICEF is working closely with private sector partners, the Flour Fortification Initiative, the Micronutrient Initiative, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the Asian Development Bank, in efforts including food fortification testing in China and Viet Nam.

The malnutrition rate and the child mortality rate have been reduced.

Indonesia recognizes the importance of strategies to combat malnutrition.

Micronutrient provision is rarely celebrated, but it makes a world of difference.

Over 500 million capsules from the Micronutrient Initiative were supplied to 74 countries in 2004.

This would purchase a bundle of interventions, including micronutrient provision, complementary foods, treatment for worms and diarrheal diseases, and behavior change programs, all of which could reduce chronic under nutrition by 36 in developing countries.

Many are malnourished or hungry.

Other micronutrients include antioxidants and phytochemicals which are said to influence (or protect) some body systems.

Provision of iodised salt will be ensured along with introduction of fortified flour and vegetable oil by addition of micronutrients like iron and vitamin A.

A malnourished refugee during the Nigerian Civil War.

When the malnutrition became unbearable, people began to resort to eating cats.

This survey indicates global malnutrition rates of over 20 per cent and severe acute malnutrition rates of around 4 per cent.

Child mortality and malnutrition rates likewise improved.

Noting with concern the acute malnutrition that is associated with humanitarian emergency situation and the chronic malnutrition that impedes sustainable development,

Solving the malnutrition challenge would be a good start.

Fighting malnutrition is the first step toward reaching this objective.

Family life is, moreover, very difficult for women.

South Asia has the world s highest rates of malnutrition and the largest number of undernourished children, who have higher mortality rates, lower cognitive performance, and a greater likelihood of dropping out of school.

In Ethiopia, malnutrition has increased in certain parts of the country.

They still carry the scars of malnutrition, inadequate education and poor health.

For every person saved from malnutrition through climate policies, the same money could have saved half a million people from micronutrient malnutrition through direct policies.

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It is caused by imbalanced nutrition or a lack of vitamins and essential minerals that enable the human body to grow and that maintain its vital functions.

This year, malnutrition will kill almost four million people.

The single most important investment, according to the panel, would step up the fight against malnutrition.

The majority of the world s malnourished children live in India.

In Toliara in southern Madagascar, a school lunch project is helping to fight the problems of chronic malnutrition.

To date, starvation has claimed the lives of more than 50 people in the town.

At the time of entry, 70 of enrollees were malnourished and poorly clothed.

Those factors had resulted in an alarming spread of child malnutrition.

Every year, 6 million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday.

Besides the human suffering, the economic costs of malnutrition are huge according to the World Bank, countries where malnutrition is most prevalent lose, on average, between 2 and 3 of their GDP.

This reduction in the standard food ration has already contributed to the high malnutrition rates in parts of the country and the shortage of therapeutic and supplementary food has prevented an adequate response to the increasing number of malnourished children and women.