Tag: #stunting
Articles tagged with #stunting
Covid undermines Nepal's mother-child gains
Photos: UNICEF NEPALDespite periods of political and economic instability, Nepal achieved dramatic progress in maternal and child health in the…
Hunger for governance
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux…
COVID-19 leaves millions of South Asian children hungry
Photo: Marty LoganChildren are collateral damage in the flight against the COVID-19 pandemic: some 4 million of them in South Asia under the age…
Mixed picture for Nepal’s children
Nepal has made progress in most areas related to children, like health, education, street children welfare, but challenges remain in nutrition,…
Nearly half of Nepali children still malnourished
Mother's group in Accham feed home-cooked meal to their children. Photo: MARTY LOGANFor the first two decades after 1990, Nepal took great…
Junk food is making Nepali children shorter
Photos: MARTY LOGANThe publication of a paper last week in The Journal of Nutrition that infants in Kathmandu were getting 25% of their calories…