Health
2016 saw this decade’s first increase in the number of chronically undernourished, now more than 800 million people. Two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, an equal number are overweight or obese.
CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals
CGIAR research to improve nutrition and health contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:
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News
Sustained progress made in global work to reduce the rise of antimicrobial resistance—but major gaps remain
19.07.18- Food Security
- Health
Training on standardized and harmonized surveillance methods for antimicrobial resistance in food an…
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Reducing use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock in low-income countries: Two scientists reflect on options
12.07.18- Food Security
- Health
Graphic by Peter Hermes Furian / Shutterstock. Delia Grace Randolph, a veterinary epidemiologist an…
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Damned if you don’t!
05.07.18- Environment
- Health
Time for smart dam design and operation to combat malaria in Africa.…
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FAO.org: Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world’s water
22.06.18- Environment
- Health
New report paints a worrying picture, provides recommendations on what can be done.…
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A4NH releases its 2017 annual report
18.06.18- Health
- Nutrition
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health has published its 2017 annual…
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Delayed Pregnancy, Reduced Open Defecation key factors in Reducing Anemia Among Indian Women
14.06.18- Gender
- Health
Washington, D.C.: Reduction of open-defecation in villages, increased age at pregnancy, and women’…
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Events
- 03.06.18 > 05.06.18
Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) 54th Annual Conference and 2018 Future Leaders Forum
Read more1225 First Street NE Washington, United States - 09.05.18 > 10.05.18
International Workshop on State of Foresight in the CGIAR
Read moreUniversity of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen, United Kingdom - 21.05.18 > 26.05.18
World Health Assembly
Read moreGeneva, Switzerland
Publications
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Low level aflatoxin exposure associated with greater linear growth in southern Mexico: A longitudinal study
01.06.18- Food Security
- Health
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Food policies and nutrition transition in Sri Lanka: Historical trends, political regimes, and options for interventions
23.05.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
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Application of the Nutrition Functional Diversity indicator to assess food system contributions to dietary diversity and sustainable diets of Malawian households
18.05.18- Health
- Nutrition
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The timing of growth faltering has important implications for observational analyses of the underlying determinants of nutrition outcomes
02.05.18- Health
- Nutrition
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Uttar Pradesh district nutrition profiles [in Hindi]
26.04.18- Health
- Nutrition
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Assessing the chemical and microbiological quality of farmed tilapia in Egyptian fresh fish markets
12.04.18- Health
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