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malnutrition

Representational Image. Photo: TBS

Post-measles pneumonia, malnutrition driving child deaths as outbreak persists

Most affected children found unvaccinated, malnourished

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's rice boom masks 'hidden hunger' as farmers prioritise yield over nutrition

In many communities, a simple sachet of therapeutic food offers mothers a powerful tool to fight childhood malnutrition. Photo: Mehedi Hasan.

icddr,b’s MDCF-2: Fighting child malnutrition, one sachet at a time

Screengrab from TIME's website

Gut microbiota-restoring food for undernourished children named among TIME’s best inventions 2025

In Bangladesh, approximately 31% of children under five are stunted and 22% are underweight.

Embracing a multisectoral approach to nutrition in Bangladesh

Mayar Al-Arja, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, lies on a bed in a clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Photo: AP/UNB

Gaza's main hospital overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

When children are malnourished, the country loses future productivity, innovation, and economic growth. Photo: Unicef

When parents fall ill, children suffer: The hidden cost of health shocks in Bangladesh

A logo of the World Food Program is seen at their headquarters in Rome, Italy, 9 October, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Remo Casilli/ File photo

Funding shortages may halt global child malnutrition programs, WFP warns

Rohingya children. Photo: AP via UNB

Severe malnutrition among Rohingya children surges by 27%: Unicef

Speakers at an event in Dhaka on 6 February 2025. Photo: TBS

Experts stress commercial cultivation of unconventional crops in haor, hilly regions to combat malnutrition

Officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare alongside others pose for a photo at the launching event of SUN Youth Network in Dhaka on Sunday. Photo: Courtesy

GAIN launches SUN Youth Network to tackle malnutrition in Bangladesh

Disaster Management and Relief Adviser Faruk E Azam. Photo: BSS

Govt to provide food, livelihood assistance in 61 upazilas to bring people out of poverty line

A nutritionist measures the height of a child, who has been diagnosed with malnutrition, at a nutritional recovery centre in Rabinal, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala August 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition: Bill Gates