Child under-nutrition in developing countries
At a Glance
20-11-2014
With 3.1 million child deaths each year in developing countries, under-nutrition is the single biggest contributor to mortality in under-fives. NGOs have pushed for the fight against child under-nutrition, and provision of universal access to adequate nutritious food, to remain one of the major targets of the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals' agenda for both the EU and the broader international community.
At a Glance
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- Africa
- Africa
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- Asia
- Asia and Oceania
- basic needs
- child
- cooperation policy
- demography and population
- developing countries
- development aid
- economic conditions
- ECONOMICS
- farming systems
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- hunger
- infant mortality
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- nutritional needs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- subsistence farming
- undernourishment
- Unicef
- United Nations
- World Food Programme