Hunger
World Food Day: Tackling hunger in Britain
Today, the 16th October, is World Food Day. Many in the UK may not have heard about it, because its focus is often on hunger and malnutrition in developing countries and because many people don’t think that in the UK, the 7th richest country in the world, people go hungry. But they do.
By Lindsay Boswell | Health, Notebook | Tuesday, 16 October 2012 at 12:29 pm
Global Hunger Event should seek to make malnutrition history
Following years of civil war progress has been made in securing peace and stability. Infant and maternal mortality have fallen significantly and access to primary education is greatly improved. However, despite these advances it was shocking to learn that Burundi has one of the highest levels of child malnutrition in the world.
By Ivan Lewis MP | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 10 August 2012 at 12:00 am
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