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Kaigen Hin’gamaa: Nutrition and healthy lifestyles
Once upon a time, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) were something to worry about later in life – a health concern for older people. Increasingly, however, NCDs affect children and young people around the world. And in Maldives. These days, NCDs, such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic respiratory disease are he...
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Complementary feeding: Introducing food for an infant beyond 6 months of age
Learn more about feeding an infant beyond 6 months of age
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Easy, affordable and healthy eating tips during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak - ދިވެހި ބަހުން
The Dhivehi translation of 'Easy, affordable and healthy eating tips during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak' The document covers the following areas in Dhivehi. Keep up fruit and vegetable intake Swap in healthy dried or canned alternatives when fresh produce is not available Build up a stock of health...
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UNICEF: An additional 6.7 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting this year due to COVID-19
NEW YORK, 27 JULY 2020, – An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously undernourished – in 2020 as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned today. According to an analysis published in The Lancet , 80 per ...
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As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Rome, 13 July 2020, – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition. The latest edition of the ...
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Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries
21 April 2020, Brussels/Rome/New York, – Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on Food Crises ., Key findings of the Global Report, The report by the Global Net...
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Don’t let children be the hidden victims of COVID-19 pandemic—UNICEF
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 –, The world is currently united in a shared struggle against an invisible enemy. But while our eyes are firmly focused on how to avoid or treat COVID-19, the serious consequences that will challenge us far beyond the current pandemic – ...
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Guide to building your resilience to Climate Change
While the Maldives has a sensitive environmental profile, most people, especially children and adolescents do not have a good understanding of climate change and its effects. A study on the effects of climate change on children in the Maldives (UNICEF, 2017), found that children associated the gradual increase in ...
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2017 Health SDG Profile: The Maldives
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replaced the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. This report highlights the Maldives' progress toward achieving the health-related SDGs.
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The Maldives Health Profile 2016
In 2016, the Ministry of Health published a health profile of the Maldivian population. The study includes rates of under- and over-nutrition, life expectancy, and child and maternal mortality rates, among other topics.
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UNICEF Maldives
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