United Nations

UN declares Decade of Action on Nutrition

04-Apr-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has declared a ‘Decade of Action on Nutrition’, placing nutrition firmly at the heart of its sustainable development agenda.

FAO praises 38 countries for halving hunger

12-Jun-2013 By Shane Starling

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says better nutrition targets to battle global hunger that affects 870 million people globally are being met in 38 countries.

Vitamin Angels to oversee DSM vitamin A-child blindness programme

12-Jan-2012

DSM is handing its developing world vitamin A-based anti-blindness project, Sight and Life, to Vitamin Angels, the charity that has connected ingredient suppliers with more than 24m children, especially those who are vitamin A deficient.

Zinc could cut child deaths in developing world

23-Aug-2005 By Jess Halliday

Infants in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to
illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea, but researchers have
found that taking a zinc supplement each week could significantly
lower their risk of dying from these diseases.

Vitamin A deaths blamed on Indian government

28-Jan-2002

The Indian government has been accused of causing the deaths of
more than 20 children last year by wrongly administering doses of
vitamin A in a UNICEF-backed anti-blindness campaign.