Levels of hunger around the world are rising. Plumpy’nut, a peanut-based paste (or sometimes biscuit) is able to feed children experiencing severe malnutrition, often saving lives. But how ...

FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. State Department and Secretary Marco Rubio punched back at claims that contracts providing Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) have been halted and affirmed the agency will ...

In American families and classrooms, there's a growing movement to empower kids to "get active and save lives." The UNICEF Kid Power program converts the boundless energy of kids — and their innate ...

Malnutrition remains a significant public health problem in Nigeria as many families lack physical and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food. Nigeria ranks number one in Africa with ...

The Jigawa State Executive Council has approved the release of N250 million as a matching grant for the procurement of Ready to Use Traphyat Food (RUTF) to fight cute child malnutrition in the state.

Since launching in October 2014, UNICEF’s Kid Power band has emerged as a clever way for kids to help other kids–and themselves. It’s an activity tracker that counts how much energy the user burns, ...

Nearly half of all deaths in children under the age of five are attributable to malnutrition, resulting in more than 3 million child fatalities each year, according to UNICEF Data Monitoring. The ...

The Jigawa State Government has issued a strong warning against the diversion of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), calling on the public to report any such cases to the relevant authorities. State ...

Hellen Etiman, a Kenyan pastoralist, believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-saving specialised food. Instead, 4-year-old Peter Lokoyen relapsed in ...