Introduction
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) had reported (2013) that 1 in 4 children are stunted globally. More precisely, in Madagascar, UNICEF has reported that:
• 76.5% of Madagascar’s population lives in poverty
• 50% of Madagascar’s children under 5 years of age suffer from stunted growth
• Madagascar is 1 of the 10 countries suffering from chronic malnutrition
• About 38,000 of Madagascar children die before they turn 5 o Or 104 children die each day
Children who are within the 125 poor communities that UNICEF emphases on, remain the utmost affected by stunted growth. Mothers who are underprivileged and uneducated about proper nutrition, place their children at risk of becoming stunted. The cost for
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This island has a population of 17,308,000 with a wide biodiversity hotspot of plants and animals. Even though life expectancy has gone up since its encounter with UNICEF, stunted growth in this underdeveloped country remains an important concern, globally. Within the environment, erosion caused by deforestation and overgrazing makes it difficult for travel between communities and access to clean water and nutritional foods. Medical Services are free and there is a mobile health clinic available. Consequently, the impoverishment that this country experiences and its slow effort to correct the stunted growth issue, makes it difficult for programs like UNICEF to meet the goals it has aimed intended for. In the textbook, Global Health 101 (2016), the first of the Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs), is to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty (p. …show more content…
In the Madagascar’s Health Challenges article, from The Lancet, Barmania expressed the government as “The country's president, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, elected in 2013, has survived impeachment by his parliament for alleged constitutional violations and incompetence after challenging the claims in court. But the events are raising questions over the country's already fragile political stability” (2015). In relation to future economic development, the World Bank reported, “Research has shown that stunting by the age of 2 years predicts poor cognitive, language and behavioral development, higher rates of morbidity and mortality, and worse longer term outcomes including labor market participation” (2016). According to the article Nutrition Country Profiles (2011), the World Bank described, “Annually, Madagascar loses over US$720 million in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient interventions would cost less than US$10 million per year.” Children who are affected by malnourishment are at high risk of impaired cognitive development, this then disrupts Madagascar’s productivity and growth (2011). It has been shown through research that it is very hard for Madagascar to take focus away from political issues and put efforts toward the health of their
World hunger is a very important epidemic because of the risks or implications it imposes on the rest of the world. Juveniles are the utmost apparent victims of under-nutrition. 2.6 million children die as a result of hunger-related causes each year. 66 million school-aged children go to classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone. One in four of the world's youth are kept from growing due to malnutrition. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three. A strong maternal-infant bond provided through psychosocial stimulation is essential for positive child development. The formation of this bond at the beginning of life is an essential step that sets the stage for cognitive,emotional, and social development later in life. Feeding and other care practices provide opportunities for psychosocial stimulation and help to establish a positive attachment between caregiver and child.(WHO) Under-nutrition magnifies the effect of every disease, such as measles,diarrhea and malaria. Asia has the largest number of hungry people (over 500 million) however S...
These natural disasters hamper the growth of agriculture and cause many parts of Malawi to continue to suffer from food insecurity particularly during the December to March crop season. This caused food prices to have to increase in order for agriculture to continue to bring in some profits.According to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC), an estimated 695,600 people will experience acute food insecurity during the 2014/15 lean season. Especially when cannot afford nutritious food because their extensive home-based work does not bring in much revenue. On top of the issue of food security, Malawi has a high HIV infection rate which comes out to the ninth highest in the world.Forty two percent children under five unfortunately are print to HIV disease. Since 1990, Malawi has hosted a steady influx of refugees, mainly from the Great Lakes Region relocating to Dzaleka refugee
Madagascar is famous for it's vanilla, a spice that comes from an orchid and is used to flavor ice cream.
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If the children do not receive the nutrient’s need to grow up, they are more likely to experience physical mental and academic problems. The child body attempts to adopt lack of food by decreasing physical and intellectual growth. A child's formative period needs a balance of nutrients for normal brain development. This is subject in the Nutrition and Early Brain Development article “Shortages of nutrients such as iron and iodine can impair cognitive and motor development, and these effects are often irreversible”.(The urban child institute). So, Long term under nutrition can slow behavioral and cognitive development, affecting school achievement, and heath undermines future
Towering trees surround you. Lemurs leaping between them to escape their predator, the fossa. Flowers everywhere. Endemic species call this place home. Where you may ask is this amazing place? Madagascar. The animals that live there are some of the most amazing creatures on Earth and they need our help.
Food Insecurity: The Democratic Republic of Congo In the middle of Africa is a nation rich with natural resources yet deals with a crisis that threatens its people's survival - food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite its large agricultural potential, the Democratic Republic of the Congo deals with complex issues that contribute to the hunger and malnutrition of its people. There are many causes of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including political instability, economic barriers, and environmental factors, which all have solutions to help take control of this issue and improve the lives of its people. Conflicts and severe poverty have caused the Democratic Republic of Congo to have an unstable
Over one quarter of Lesotho individuals are extremely poor (Romero Daza et al, 2009, p. 26). Health is a major concern due to the fact in Africa there are many individuals with HIV/AIDS, which can decrease the number of people doing agriculture tasks. Declining maize production and the increase in prices affected access to food, which were the main reasons for food deficit (Romero Daza et al, 2009, p. 26). All these factors that were discussed such as socio-cultural, economic, demographic and economic factors can lead to malnutrition. However, individuals then suffer from being obese or being
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For example, Global Issues states that out of 2.2 billion children in this world, 1 billion face poverty, out of which 1.4 million children die annually due to the lack of drinkable water and sanitation. On top of poverty and sanitation, many of the same nations are going through starvation. In accordance to Global Citizen, 870 million people in the world are going through extreme hunger today. Out of which, nine of the top ten countries in starvation are all in Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Comoros, Sudan, Chad, Yemen Republic, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Zambia. Over twenty-five percent of the population of each of these countries are show signs of malnutrition.
“Between now and tomorrow morning, 25,000 children are going to starve to death” (Andre 1). That fixes us at about 3 million kids dying from starvation and malnutrition this year alone. It’s not just Africa’s children. Kids all around the world are starving too. But thankfully, there are things we can do to help kids who can’t get food for themselves.
Food insecurity and poor nutrition is an alarmingly large problem for low income families, especially in developing countries. Many strategies exist to fight this problem, although not many of these address all the factors contributing to it along with all the possible solutions to solve it. In many cases, multiple strategies must correlate and work together so that all the determinants of this issue are addressed and can fight food insecurity from different angles. This essay will discuss the significance of the problem, a range of possible strategies to solve the problem, and go into detail on a select few that will correlate and work together to solve different factors of food insecurity and poor nutrition.
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Over one billion people are living in poverty, lacking safe water, housing, food, and the ability to read. There is a high concentration of communities in poverty in Africa; particularly Central Africa. States that are considered in Central Africa are the following: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Republic of Africa, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and the Congo. The majority of these Central African states’ economies are dependent on agriculture. As a result of this dependency, natural disasters, droughts and wars can displace subsistence farmer from their land resulting in poverty becoming even more prevalent and harder to come back from. Also with a history of dependency on farming there tends to be the trend of education not being a primary focus for the youth which is another factor into the stagnant poverty trend in Central Africa.
Overpopulation remains the leading driver of hunger, desertification, species depletion and a range of social maladies across the planet (Tal, 2013). If you look at the world, most of the countries that are dealing with these problems are due to overpopulation. Impoverished countries do not have the money or resources to help them overcome this issue (Tal, 2013). Impoverished countries also do not have the medicine or technology to even prevent the most common of illnesses (Tal, 2013). Malnutrition is also affecting humans in impoverished countries....