Latest articles on Malnutrition

South Africa has surplus food, but we need to intercept it

Opinion Andy Du Plessis - 12 Nov 2020

One third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. We can reduce hunger if we collaborate

Vitamin therapy is for drips

Health Sarah Smit - 23 Oct 2020

It may be marketed by influencers, but intravenous vitamin therapy is not necessary and probably not worth the hype, experts say

Big retailers need to step up to the plate

Opinion Kopano Matlwa Mabaso - 5 Aug 2020

To stave off a multi-generational malnutrition crisis, the food industry must work with government to provide highly nutritious foods at cost during the pandemic

The DRC’s response to Covid-19 must be tailored to local context

Article Edouard Beigbeder - 2 May 2020

Immunisation and other preventative programmes for malaria, cholera, measles and malnutrition, which kill children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, must continue

Burundi’s poll exacts brutal toll

Africa Lewis Mudge - 6 Dec 2019

People are killed, raped, tortured, detained and forced to give up food. Africa, with South Africa’s leadership, needs to urgently stop the violence

Too many of SA’s children are stunted, wasted or obese

Article Mariame Sylla - 6 Nov 2019

The government, private sector and civil society need to work together to address the causes of unhealthy eating in all its forms

‘I don’t know how my children will survive’: Zimbabwe in crisis

Article Nyasha Chingono & Bhekisisa Team - 10 May 2019

Cyclone Idai washed away the crops that survived a savage drought, leaving 70% of the population in dire need of food.

Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2018

Go inside this unspoken ethical dilemma South African doctors face every day.

Gasping for breath: Pneumonia’s deadly toll

Article Karen Mcveigh - 10 Nov 2017

A disease that claims the lives of two children under five a minute worldwide has hit drought-stricken Kenya hard, its spread driven by malnutrition.

The Sikasso paradox: Can the Mali miracle be repeated?

Africa Simon Allison - 22 Sep 2017

Mali’s most fertile region is also its most malnourished. But that is changing

This costs just cents and could prevent half-a-million children from going blind

Article Adri Kotze - 14 Sep 2017

The substance is critical in pregnancy and in the development of children; a lack of it has dire consequences.

Inspectors unearth rat infestation at Gauteng school following poisoning

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 22 Feb 2017

Poor handling practices as well as storage, cooking equipment and fridges - and rats - increase the risk of food poisoning.

Nutrition remains single biggest ‘missed opportunity’ in health, says Gates

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 15 Feb 2017

Malnutrition contributes to almost half of all child deaths globally but receives 1% of foreign aid.

Nursing the hungry: How one Catholic nun has taken Malawi’s prisoners under her wing

Article Josephine Chinele - 2 Sep 2016

As humanitarian organisations sound the alarm over high malnutrition rates among Malawi's prisoners, one woman is trying to help keep inmates alive.

Tens of thousands of children may starve to death in Boko Haram-affected areas

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Aug 2016

The conflict has left health services and agriculture in shambles. Unicef says it has just 13% of the money it needs to stave off deaths.

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Latest articles on Malnutrition

South Africa has surplus food, but we need to intercept it

Vitamin therapy is for drips

Big retailers need to step up to the plate

The DRC’s response to Covid-19 must be tailored to local context

Burundi’s poll exacts brutal toll

Too many of SA’s children are stunted, wasted or obese

‘I don’t know how my children will survive’: Zimbabwe in crisis

Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel

Gasping for breath: Pneumonia’s deadly toll

The Sikasso paradox: Can the Mali miracle be repeated?

This costs just cents and could prevent half-a-million children from going blind

Inspectors unearth rat infestation at Gauteng school following poisoning

Nutrition remains single biggest ‘missed opportunity’ in health, says Gates

Nursing the hungry: How one Catholic nun has taken Malawi’s prisoners under her wing

Tens of thousands of children may starve to death in Boko Haram-affected areas

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