Aug 29 Obama Initiative Targets Malnutrition in Guatemala By Talea Miller Chronic malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to the deaths of children under 5 in Guatemala. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch Soaring Food Costs Hit Indonesian Families’ Budgets The price of rice has risen 25 percent in less than a year in Indonesia, and more families have stunted or malnourished children as a results of soaring costs. Continue watching
Feb 16 Malnutrition Plagues Guatemala’s Children By Talea Miller Guatemala has the highest rate of chronic malnutrition among children in Latin America, and the health consequences continue on through adulthood. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch Pakistani Flood Victims Face Malnutrition, Disease as Winter Nears Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports on Pakistani flood victims' continuing needs for food, medicine, agricultural help and other aid as winter nears. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Already Faced With Hardships, Haitians’ Lives Upended by Hurricanes Following the devastating food shortage of the summer, Haiti faced a barrage of powerful hurricanes, which battered the island nation into precarious situation. Fred De Sam Lazaro reports on the struggle that lies ahead as a nation tries to rebuild… Continue watching
Jul 30 U.N. Reports Says North Korea Is in Food Crisis By Admin, PBS News Hour Flooding and poor harvests have caused North Korea's worst food crisis in nearly a decade and have put millions at risk, the U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday as it called on donors to provide urgent assistance over the next… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Tensions Among Troops, Insurgents Fuel Further Violence in Somalia Unrest in violence-plagued Somalia continues amid tensions over the presence of Ethiopian troops who entered the country last year to oust an Islamic government. Independent Television News reports on the military and humanitarian situation in the East African nation. Continue watching