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‘A quarter of world’s kids under 5 yrs are starving’
Updated On: 07 June, 2024 07:40 AM IST | Kaltungo | Agencies
The report, focused on nearly 100 low-and middle-income nations, defines severe food poverty as consuming nothing in a day or, at best, two of eight food groups the agency recognises
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Millions of children are starving in Africa, apart from other regions. File Pic/X
In northern Nigeria, where conflict and climate change have long contributed to the hunger problem, 181 million children under 5—or 27 per cent of the world’s youngest children—live in severe food poverty, according to a new UN’s children agency report.
The report, focused on nearly 100 low-and middle-income nations, defines severe food poverty as consuming nothing in a day or, at best, two of eight food groups the agency recognises.
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