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Talking nutrition in Chin State
Dr Khin Mar Cho is a nutrition specialist and director at Cornell University’s College for Agriculture and Life Sciences in the USA.
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Malnutrition spikes in Rohingya communities
The number of severely malnourished children has spiked in northern Arakan state in Burma, a European Union agency said, after floods six months ago dealt a new blow to an area home to a persecuted population with little access to basic services.
Interview: Breaking the cycle of malnutrition in Burma
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Burma is facing a funding shortfall of $51 million to meet all the needs till the end of 2016.
BRIEF – First 1,000 days ‘essential’ for children’s nutrition
A non-profit nutrition awareness organisation has launched an educational video emphasising the importance of nutrition in early childhood. The two-minute video, which explores the impacts of nutrition in the first[…]
Health Lead Story News Rohingya Video
Children in Arakan State face malnutrition after aid workers’ exodus
Children in Arakan’s IDP camps are becoming malnourished as UN aid agencies and INGOs struggle to resume operations in the violence-plagued state.
UN pledges support in Burma’s fight against malnutrition
The UN and other international agencies have intensified their involvement in Burma’s fight to eradicate malnutrition. Children are the focus of multi-layered efforts to improve on poor recent figures.
Malnutrition crisis hits border region
As aid begins to shift away from the Thai-Burma, experts say a malnutrition crisis is hitting the region hard
Acute malnutrition among Rohingya ‘critical’
Aid group warns that Burmese refugees in Bangladeshi camps could face starvation if their situation is not properly addressed by international community
Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
Hunger gnaws at Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps
While now safe from the threat of violence, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now face malnutrition on an “alarming” scale, say aid agencies.
Aid Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma gives green light to resume food aid to Rakhine, says UN
Burmese authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine State which was suspended for two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Chin climate change Environment Farmers Lead Story News
The silent climate burn in Chin State
Chin State has suffered particularly erratic rainfall, landslides and floods. But new adaptation programs are aiming to prepare farming communities for future changes in the climate and improve food security.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Hunger rife among Rohingya children after crackdown in northern Arakan: WFP
More than 80,000 young children may need treatment for malnutrition in part of western Burma where the army cracked down on stateless Rohingya Muslims last year, the World Food Programme says.
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Climate of uncertainty fuels anxiety, exodus in Dry Zone
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
Children in Burma’s conflict-hit areas risk getting left behind: UN
About 2.2 million children living in remote, conflict-hit parts of Burma could be left behind as the country rapidly develops following decades of military rule, the United Nations warns.
Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need shelter as cyclones loom: Red Cross
Tens of thousands of Muslims who have fled violence in northwestern Burma are living in “extremely poor” conditions in neighboring Bangladesh and need better shelter as the country’s cyclone season approaches, the Red Cross says.
Dry Zone farmers struggle to switch to new rice varieties
The introduction of more productive crops is a key strategy for helping vulnerable communities in the Dry Zone.
Farmers Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Drip-irrigation helps farmers in Burma’s Dry Zone
In central Burma’s harsh dry environment, drip-irrigation vegetable gardens help hundreds of families get by.
As honey sales rise, growing buzz surrounds beekeeping in Burma
Hundreds of small farmers in southern Shan State have boosted their income through apiculture and they are trained, and enthusiastic, beekeepers.
Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
Yanghee Lee visit brings increased humanitarian access in northern Maungdaw
More than 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled conflict-torn northern Arakan State in recent months, seeking shelter across the border in Bangladesh, according to startling figures released by the United Nations this week.
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Aid to Maungdaw trickling rather than ‘flowing’, rights groups say
Aid organisations working in Maungdaw have not been granted the “flowing” access to the restive region that they were promised by the government.
Chin Farmers Feature Lead Story
Can agriculture, small loans lead Chin State to a fertile future?
Challenges abound, but so too does hope that the right set of policies can spur development in this remote part of Burma.
Debt, health and education woes bedevil Rangoon’s urban poor
Many among Rangoon’s urban poor are being forced to rely on high-interest loans to survive, a new report by Save the Children has found.
Arakan ASEAN Human Rights Lead Story News Rohingya
Malaysia calls for ASEAN to coordinate aid for Rohingya
Malaysia said on Monday the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Burma was a regional concern and called for the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to coordinate humanitarian aid and investigate alleged atrocities committed against them.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Probe panel says Burma govt ‘following the law’ in Arakan
A commission set up by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to investigate attacks on border posts and the army’s brutal response on Wednesday said security forces had abided by the law in a Muslim-majority area of northern Arakan State.
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Govt assails UK tabloid’s ‘false news’ as Arakan probe gets underway
The State Counsellor’s Office has said the government is considering taking action against the Daily Mail for accusing the Burma Army of torturing a toddler with a stun gun in an online post that was later removed from the British tabloid’s website.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News Rohingya
Will ‘fairly soon’ be soon enough? Clock ticking for aid-needy in Arakan
Arakan State Advisory Commission chair Kofi Annan’s statement this week that he had been assured humanitarian aid access would be restored to northern Arakan State in the near future has put a tentative, if ill-defined, time table on potentially life-saving assistance.
UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung
Foreign aid groups had previously been denied access to shelters amid ongoing clashes between government security forces and armed mobs.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Annan expresses ‘deep concern’ over Arakan violence
Former UN chief Kofi Annan, who chairs a commission on resolving Arakan’s problems, voices concern as the army reports a rising death toll from recent violence in the state.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Arakan aid curbs taking ‘terrible toll’ on children: UNICEF
Unrest in the Muslim-majority north of Arakan State is taking a “terrible toll” on children, the UN children’s agency said as it called for full access to the region.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Govt allows food aid to Arakan to resume
Burma is allowing the first food deliveries for more than four weeks to the troubled north of Arakan State, amid an ongoing military lockdown of the area.
