UN warns of hunger in Bangladesh
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The UN says Bangladeshi children and women face acute malnutrition after the worst floods for years.
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More than 1.3m Bangladeshis hit by Cyclone Sidr will face monsoon rains in inadequate shelter, Oxfam warns.
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Hunger and malnutrition are killing more than five million children a year, with Africa bearing the brunt in human lives, and costing developing nations billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to the UN food agency's annual hunger report.
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chief Mark Malloch Brown said the Bangladeshi government's planning saved lives during the worst flooding in years but warned there were more challenges ahead.
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- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is gearing up for the most critical stage yet of its operation to deliver food assistance to hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. As the rainy season ...
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In less than a year, bird flu has spread to nearly half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people reliant on the poultry industry and driving up food prices.
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The Red Cross warned on Wednesday that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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Somalia's warlords are re-emerging and pose a threat to humanitarian aid deliveries to the needy, the United Nations warned Wednesday, as the government struggles to quell growing unrest.
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The United Nations on Monday said 34 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan this year and called on Taliban fighters and criminal gangs to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of needy Afghans before winter.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after nearly 13,000 people were killed and tens of  thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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Poverty in Burma is getting worse and many who need aid are not getting it, a senior UN official warns.
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The United Nations warned in a special report released today of an impending humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, saying nearly 70% of Palestinians are living in poverty as a result of Israeli policies and military operations.
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The United Nations children fund expressed alarm over the widespread use of baby milk in the Philippines, saying that lack of breastfeeding leads to diseases and deaths.
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A leading aid group has warned that millions of Africans are at risk of starving due to misspent emergency assistance by Western governments.
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The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations growing to more than 800 million people and rising, according to a U.N. report Wednesday.
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The United Nations' world food body  outlined steps on Monday meant to help the world's poorest  nations combat soaring food prices, including a new voucher  program for farmers and a review of food-guzzling biofuels.