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

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

One child out of four suffers from chronic malnutrition, his or her growth stunted forever. How can we guarantee Haitian children their childhood?

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

Simply flooding markets with cheap high calorie, low nutrient grains will never solve chronic malnutrition.

During the period from 1987 to 2002, the rate of chronic malnutrition declined from 58 per cent to 49 per cent.

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To combat malnutrition.

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

Indonesia recognizes the importance of strategies to combat malnutrition.

For example, they call for reducing by 2015 the proportion of the world s population that was chronically under nourished in 1990, and for cutting the child mortality rate by three quarters.

Other indicators like chronic malnutrition, or the percentage of children under five years of age below normal height, highlight the precarious conditions in which many Guatemalan children live.

Many are malnourished or hungry.

While my country, Rwanda, has reduced child mortality by 70 over the past decade, the rate of stunting remains high, with 44 of children under the age of five chronically malnourished.

A malnourished refugee during the Nigerian Civil War.

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

22. The Committee expresses its deep concern about the high rate of children under 5 that are chronically malnourished (45 per cent according to government statistics), as well as the high incidence of poverty related diseases.

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.

The fate of an entire people, which was faced with chronic illness, malnutrition and destruction of their cultural and social heritage, was the responsibility of the international community.

And, according to this narrative s advocates, almost all big banks display symptoms of chronic mismanagement.

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.

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.

In 2007, 20.4 of children under the age of five were malnourished.

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

Average malnutrition rates have dropped since last year, from 21.8 per cent to 11.9 per cent this year, with severe malnutrition rates dropping to 1.4 per cent, down from 3.9 per cent in 2004.

The pattern of inequality with respect to global malnutrition resembles that of acute poverty, with malnutrition being more severe among the indigenous population and in rural areas.

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

Regional collaboration will also be key to fulfilling our commitment to succeed in fighting malnutrition.