SA: High food prices cripple orphan feeding programmes
Elizabeth Kineelwe, the cook at a drop-in centre that provides meals and support to orphans and impoverished families in Soweto, Johannesburg's largest township, is on the frontlines of a nationwide struggle to cope with rising food prices. Lately, she has been cooking a lot of cabbage soup. 16 May 2008 07:52

Nigeria: Toxic grain threatens food security
The hospitalisation of 116 girls after consuming beans sprayed with harmful pesticides at a secondary school in northern Nigeria's Gombe State on 18 April has raised concerns about how dry foods are stored all around the country. 16 May 2008 07:26

Safest spot for infant car seat
A new study has shown that placing your child's car seat in the centre of the back seat cuts the risk of injury in a crash. 11 May 2008 15:26

GLOBAL: Six million children "need not die every year"
More than six million children could be saved from death every year if funding were increased to improve community-level health services in the developing world, where 99 percent of child deaths occur, according to a report by Save the Children-USA. 8 May 2008 10:15

Lesotho steps up child protection measures
As part of Lesotho's initiative to curb the escalating child abuse, the Maseru Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with other partners opened the Child Helpline in Maseru. 6 May 2008 15:23

Govt to amend Tobacco Act to promote healthy lifestyles
[Vivian Warby] The Health Portfolio Committee is to hold hearings on amendments to the Tobacco Control Act to further enhance the control of tobacco products and promote healthy lifestyles. 6 May 2008 15:16

SOMALIA: Some 3.5 million could need food aid by end of year
Faced with a worsening humanitarian crisis, 3.5 million people - nearly half of Somalia's population - may need food aid by the end of the year, a food security analysis has warned. 3 May 2008 15:36

Food price increases will increase deaths from malnutrition
The health of at least 100 million people in poor nations could be adversely affected by the sharp increase in international prices for staple foods unless steps are taken to tackle the problem, a Swiss foundation has warned. 28 Apr 2008 14:39

Zimbabwe: Humanitarian operations curtailed by violence
Zimbabwe's post-election violence is hampering the activities of humanitarian organisations and making the country's already dire food situation even more precarious. One-third of the population, or about four million people, are receiving food aid. 22 Apr 2008 07:09

Vitamin D deficiency and brain dysfunction… a link?
Is there convincing biological or behavioural evidence linking Vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction? 21 Apr 2008 09:47

Public health crisis after election violence in Kenya
The Kenyan crisis has led to a public health disaster. 21 Apr 2008 08:30

LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” in Monrovia
Moderate hunger has been endemic in the Liberian capital for years, but as the effects of soaring global food and fuel prices have doubled rice prices, the aid agency Action Against Hunger (ACF) says thousands of city children are increasingly at risk of acute malnutrition. 21 Apr 2008 08:10

Eleven dead as diarrhoea hits Somalia's Sanaag region
At least 11 people have died in Dhahar district in the Sanaag region of northern Somalia, after an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), medical sources said. 18 Apr 2008 07:50