Malnutrition

Gaza

Gaza hospital reports first child deaths from hunger as hunger surges

Previously healthy children are dying from malnutrition in Gaza's main paediatric emergency facility amidst the Israel-Hamas war, marking a grim escalation in the ongoing aid crisis.

25/07/2025

No Comment

‘From bad to worse’: Gaza hospital faces surge in child hunger deaths

The Patient’s Friends Hospital in northern Gaza is overwhelmed by an unprecedented wave of severely malnourished children, many arriving too weak to cry or move.

25/07/2025

World News

UN finds child malnutrition rates have doubled in Gaza since March

Hunger has been rising among Gaza’s more than 2 million Palestinians since Israel broke a ceasefire in March to resume the war and banned all food and other supplies from entering Gaza.

16/07/2025

Climate

How global warming is impacting humanitarian work in vulnerable areas

Humanitarian aid charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says the impact of climate change is having devastating effects on its workers

16/08/2024

World News

We are far from achieving goal to eliminate hunger by 2030, UN warns

One in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa faced hunger in 2023 due to conflicts, climate change and economic downturns, according to the UN.

24/07/2024

Climate

Euroviews. Extreme weather is worsening our food supply

Children shouldn’t be dying from malnutrition. We can nourish everyone alive, and every child being born, every second, for the rest of our collective time on this planet, Matt Freeman writes.

16/03/2024

Gaza

Gaza will 'take years' to be made safe again, warns UNRWA

The UN agency says Israeli attacks have left almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded weapons scattered across the Palestinian enclave.

16/03/2024

Health news

More than one billion people globally are obese, study finds

Obesity rates have increased dramatically among children, teenagers, and adults, with more than one billion people in the world now affected.

01/03/2024

The Dialogue

Generation Hope: Children, charity and knowing your limits

In partnership with Media City

Save the Children's UK CEO talks to The Dialogue about the organisation's work and how she's learned to know her own limits. In partnership with Media City Qatar.

13/05/2023

Eco-Innovation

Going vegan is easier than ever thanks to these new plant-based foods

Scientists, food manufacturers, investors, NGOs and governments are applying new inventions and innovations to shape what will be on our plates tomorrow.

07/04/2023

Green News

Millions living in tents 6 months on from Pakistan’s worst-ever floods

'These devastating floods are an acute example of how those living in a country responsible for less than 1 per cent of global carbon emissions are seeing their lives completely turned upside down by the climate crisis.’

10/03/2023

Climate

Kenya drought crisis: ‘I pray we get rain by the mercy of God’

Four consecutive failed rainy seasons have caused crippling food insecurity and malnutrition in Kenya.

05/08/2022

Climate

‘The world's first climate change famine’ is happening in Madagascar

More than 1 million people in southern Madagascar are currently in need of food.

20/03/2022

Green News

Saving these 1,000 plants from extinction could feed millions

Over 1,000 plants could help solve vitamin B deficiencies but are underused.

24/02/2022

Nature

The future of sustainable food looks more blue than green

New research shows that food sourced from our lakes and oceans could help tackle climate change and malnutrition.

25/09/2021

World

WHO calls for greater action to fight diabetes & obesity in the Middle East

The World Health Organization’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Ahmed Al Mandhari, is calling for united action to strengthen health systems in the the Levant.

12/07/2019

World News

Euroviews. How animal health is the forgotten factor in producing affordable, safe food for Europe ǀ View

Animal protein is particularly important in developing countries where undernutrition is high, but widespread access to affordable and safe meat, fish, milk and eggs in Europe has also contributed to our nutrition security – and our freedom to choose a diverse diet.

05/06/2019

Central African Republic

Fighting worsens in Central African Republic

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent warns that the security situation in Central African Republic is worsening, and that violence now grips most of the country.

18/01/2018

Yemen

Cholera outbreak worsens, as UN agency warns over malnutrition in war-torn Yemen

Eighteen months of war has left the country with few functioning medical facilities and clean water supplies.

28/10/2016