The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is designed to measure hunger at global, regional, and national levels. Global Hunger Index helps to calculate progress and setbacks annually, which is very important to combat hunger strategically. GHI helps to raise awareness and provides an overview to understand the struggle of hunger globally. It offers a comparison of…
To commemorate its hundred anniversary Save the Children has published its third annual Global Childhood report. Overall the conditions of children regarding health, education, and safety are improving in 173 out of 176 countries, including Bangladesh. The number of children who are robbed of a childhood, because of mortality, malnutrition, child marriage, child labour, teenage…
Max Foundation is getting closer to their goal in creating a stunting free village day by day. Working in two unions of Chhatak Upazila where the previous rate of stunting among children was intolerably high(about 72% in the year 2018), the project successfully achieved significant results as 43% of the children are now growing up…
Arsenic contamination has been threatening the country’s public health from a very long time. This contamination spreads through ground water which is excavated by shallow and deep tube-wells. The country has an estimated 10 million shallow tube wells, with 140 million inhabitants preferring these well water. Approximately one-third of the country is highly impacted by…
Antenatal care (ANC) is surely one of the most important components during pregnancy. This essential care allows women to be diagnosed during their pregnancies so they learn to know about the possible complications and can accordingly receive proper treatment accordingly. Proper ANC reduces the chances of maternal and neonatal mortality and supports the birth of…
Child undernutrition can be linked with various outcomes - child death, impaired cognitive development in early childhood, reduced school attainment, lower labour productivity and lower wage earning. For a child growth, it is essential to have complementary foods with high quality protein and micronutrients, such as rice, wheat, maize or starchy roots and tubers. Research…
Although it is improving, Bangladeshi’s hunger and undernutrition situation remains troubling. Its 2018 GHI score is 26.1, which is considered ‘serious’ and ranks Bangladesh 86th out of 119 developing world countries. While child stunting has decreased in recent years, it remains a pressing concern (see table 4.1). This seems to be related to the nutrition…
Welcome to the second newsletter of Growing Up Up Up, a project run by Max Foundation to fight stunted growth, creating a healthy environment, Stunting Free Village. Find the full newsletter here
Welcome to the third newsletter of Growing Up Up Up, a project run by Max Foundation to fight stunted growth, creating a healthy environment, Stunting Free Village. Find the full newsletter here
Welcome to the second newsletter of Growing Up Up Up, a project run by Max Foundation to fight stunted growth, creating a healthy environment, Stunting Free Village. Find the full newsletter here
