Adolescent birth is a major global concern owing to its adverse effects on maternal and child health. IFPRI researchers assessed trends in adolescent birth and examined its associations with child undernutrition in Bangladesh using data from seven rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys (1996–2017). Read the full journal publication on The New York Academy of Sciences […]
1 in 7 Bangladeshis Undernourished
The hunger situation in Bangladesh continues to remain “serious”, with one in every seven persons suffering from undernourishment, according to the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released yesterday. The GHI, published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, showed that Bangladesh has made strides in fighting hunger and undernourishment since 2000 due to steady economic growth. Yet, […]
Governments must step up to meet deadline to end hunger
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World governments will need to lift 185,000 people out of hunger each day for the next 12 years in order to meet global goals to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, a United Nations expert said on Wednesday. The calculation was made by Kostas Stamoulis, assistant director-general of the U.N. […]
Compact2025 Roundtable
Compact2025 is an ambitious global initiative to end hunger and malnutrition by 2025. How is Compact2025 working with key stakeholders in Bangladesh to accelerate progress?