The World Health Organization recently released long-awaited updated guidance on the prevention and management of malnutrition in children, which for the first time includes instruction on both severe and moderate forms. Devex obtained a copy of the report — the first update in a decade — which was made available on
Author: Teresa Welsh, Devex
Food import financing needed to help countries in crisis, FAO says
Import financing is urgently needed to help avert the worst of the global food crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization said. Sixty-two low- to upper-middle-income countries are eligible for an FAO-proposed Food Import Financing Facility to help make food more affordable, FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero said at an online event