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Malnutrition is a condition which occurs when there is a deficiency of certain vital nutrients in a person’s diet. The deficiency fails to meet the demands of the body leading to effects on the growth, physical health, mood, behaviour and other functions of the body. Malnutrition commonly affects children and the elderly.

Fortified foods program aims to alleviate malnutrition in Afghanistan

Noting the Copenhagen Consensus has stated that "large-scale micronutrient fortification is a proven and cost-effective intervention that can mitigate malnutrition in the form of vitamin and mineral deficiencies and enhance the well-being of millions."

14 Sep 2012

Grand Challenges Canada awards projects to help children achieve full cognitive potential

"As many as 200 million children across the world fail to reach their full potential because their early brain development is held back by poverty, disease and malnutrition, global health experts said on Thursday," Reuters reports.

14 Sep 2012

DfID report examines agriculture for nutrition projects, makes recommendations for researchers

A recently released report commissioned by the U.K. Department for International Development (DfID) examines research projects on agriculture for nutrition and "reveals eight gaps that are currently being neglected, including specific target groups -- particularly rural workers and non-rural populations -- as well as a lack of methodologies to guide research in the field," SciDev.Net reports.

14 Sep 2012

Data from BioLineRx’s BL-7010 pre-clinical studies on celiac disease

BioLineRx, a biopharmaceutical development company, announced today that BL-7010, an orally available treatment for celiac disease, was found to be safe and well tolerated in pre-clinical studies conducted to date.

10 Sep 2012

Nearly one-third of under-five children malnourished in southern Afghanistan, survey shows

Approximately one-third of children under the age of five in southern Afghanistan, about one million, have acute malnutrition, "with a level of deprivation similar to that found in famine zones, a government survey has found, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid that has been poured into the region," the Guardian reports.

6 Sep 2012

EC grants European market authorization for Revestive to treat short bowel syndrome

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., jointly announced today that the European Commission has granted European market authorization for the medicinal product teduglutide (trade name in Europe: Revestive) as a once-daily treatment for adult patients with short bowel syndrome.

5 Sep 2012

U.N. humanitarian relief official calls for more assistance to prevent child malnutrition in Mali

"The top United Nations relief official said [.pdf] today that humanitarian efforts to alleviate the devastating food crisis affecting Mali have begun to yield results, but warned that much still remains to be done and the situation could worsen without continued donor support," the U.N. News Centre reports (8/30).

1 Sep 2012

Research roundup: Readmission risks after surgery; Assessing Medicaid applicants' eligibility; Satisfaction among health plan types

General Surgeons Identify Postoperative Complications Posing Strongest Readmission Risks -- Researchers found that about 11 percent of patients in a study of 1,442 individuals who underwent general surgery were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days.

31 Aug 2012

Peruvian President announces launch of government fund to fight child malnutrition

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Monday said the country's central government and regional governments would provide $1.03 million to a fund aimed at reducing child malnutrition, Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times reports.

30 Aug 2012

South Sudan refugee health situation 'alarming,' U.N. warns

"The situation of 170,000 Sudanese refugees living in camps and settlements across South Sudan's Unity and Upper Nile states is alarming and there are worries about an outbreak of cholera, U.N. refugee agency officials said on Friday," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

28 Aug 2012

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

"Children in a refugee camp in South Sudan are dying at more than twice the rate internationally recognized as an emergency, according to new figures released by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)," the Guardian reports.

22 Aug 2012

Bile duct cancer chosen as next indication for PCI Biotech

PCI Biotech (PCIB) the Norwegian biopharmaceutical company, reported today that it has chosen bileduct cancer as the next indication for the use of its PCI (photochemical internalisation) localised cancer therapy. In this indication PCI Biotech’s proprietary photosensitiser Amphinex® will be used in combination with the generic cytotoxic agent gemcitabine. The aim is to start the clinical Proof of Concept study within end of 1H 2013.

21 Aug 2012

Infectious disease rates are high among homeless people

Rates of the infectious diseases HIV, Hepatitis C and tuberculosis among the world’s homeless people are many times higher than in the general population, according to a new systematic review of existing data published Online First in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

20 Aug 2012

Center for Global Development blog responds to London hunger summit

This post in the Center for Global Development's (CGD) "Views from the Center" blog, Owen Barder, a senior fellow and the director for Europe at CGD, addresses the recent hunger summit in London, citing two reasons for concern surrounding the discussion.

15 Aug 2012

U.S., France, Mexico to hold phone conference to discuss need for emergency meeting on U.S. drought, food security

"France, the United States and G20 president Mexico will hold a conference call at the end of August to discuss whether an emergency international meeting is required to tackle soaring grain prices caused by the worst U.S. drought in half a century," Reuters reports.

15 Aug 2012

Editorial, opinion pieces, blogs address hunger summit held in London on Sunday

The following editorial, opinion pieces, and blog posts address a hunger summit hosted by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron at the conclusion of the Olympic Games in London on Sunday.

14 Aug 2012

Gadd45a protein plays a key role in skeletal muscle atrophy

Whether you're old, have been ill, or suffered an injury, you've watched gloomily as your muscles have atrophied. The deterioration of muscle-even slight or gradual-is about as common to the human condition as breathing.

14 Aug 2012

World leaders, athletes gather for 'hunger summit' at conclusion of Olympic Games in London

As the 2012 Olympic Games drew to a close in London on Sunday, world leaders and athletes gathered for a hunger summit at Downing Street, sponsored by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Al Jazeera reports.

14 Aug 2012

Blogs address hunger summit held in London on Sunday

The following blog posts address a hunger summit hosted by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron at the conclusion of the Olympic Games in London on Sunday.

13 Aug 2012

PM Cameron discusses foreign aid, nutrition summit; Aid agencies deliver petitions to Downing Street calling for government action on hunger

British Prime Minister David Cameron "has defended the government's commitment to overseas aid funding at a time of recession, as he prepares to co-host a hunger summit in Downing Street on the closing day of the Olympics," the Guardian reports.

12 Aug 2012

Malnutrition News and Research

Further Reading

Fortified foods program aims to alleviate malnutrition in Afghanistan

Grand Challenges Canada awards projects to help children achieve full cognitive potential

DfID report examines agriculture for nutrition projects, makes recommendations for researchers

Data from BioLineRx’s BL-7010 pre-clinical studies on celiac disease

Nearly one-third of under-five children malnourished in southern Afghanistan, survey shows

EC grants European market authorization for Revestive to treat short bowel syndrome

U.N. humanitarian relief official calls for more assistance to prevent child malnutrition in Mali

Research roundup: Readmission risks after surgery; Assessing Medicaid applicants' eligibility; Satisfaction among health plan types

Peruvian President announces launch of government fund to fight child malnutrition

South Sudan refugee health situation 'alarming,' U.N. warns

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

Bile duct cancer chosen as next indication for PCI Biotech

Infectious disease rates are high among homeless people

Center for Global Development blog responds to London hunger summit

U.S., France, Mexico to hold phone conference to discuss need for emergency meeting on U.S. drought, food security

Editorial, opinion pieces, blogs address hunger summit held in London on Sunday

Gadd45a protein plays a key role in skeletal muscle atrophy

World leaders, athletes gather for 'hunger summit' at conclusion of Olympic Games in London

Blogs address hunger summit held in London on Sunday

PM Cameron discusses foreign aid, nutrition summit; Aid agencies deliver petitions to Downing Street calling for government action on hunger

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