ABUJA, Nigeria — African farmers need better seeds to solve the malnutrition challenge that causes health problems in a fifth of the continent’s population, Bill Gates said during a visit to Nigeria.

In the past two years, over 1,000 children in South Africa have tragically lost their lives due to severe acute malnutrition. This heartbreaking reality is not just a statistic – it represents the ...

The brown nut butter is a souvenir from her most recent trip to Niger, where she works with Doctors Without Borders on the largest malnutrition project in the world. As a pediatrics doctor at Butte's ...

The United Nations today warned that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening ...

Some local farmers carry part of their sorghum produce at Naoros farm in Turkana Central during harvesting exercise earlier January 2025. [Lucas Ngasike, Standard] In a world armed with unprecedented ...

When Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju - a lifelong vegetarian - declared that Africa needs more meat, even her family was shocked.

IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — In her cramped, dimly lit kitchen, Idowu Bello leans over a gas cooker while stirring a pot of eba, the thick starchy West African staple made from cassava root. Kidney problems ...

BUTTE — Dr. Susan Shepherd is likely the only doctor in Montana who keeps a tub of Plumpydoz, a peanut butter-like nutritional supplement, in her refrigerator. The brown nut butter is a souvenir from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — In her cramped, dimly ...