SA to become UN-healthy? Aug 15, 2008
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Threat of mass starvation looms in Zimbabwe after latest harvest fails Jul 22, 2008
Aid workers say the first signs of looming famine are evident, with significant population movements and children arriving at hospitals suffering from kwashiorkor (a form of malnutrition) ... "In St Luke's hospital in Lupane there are 16 children aged five to 12 with kwashiorkor. That's significant because in children of that age it's usually not related to HIV. It's almost certainly because of malnutrition and it's only the tip of the iceberg. These are the ones who made it to hospital. Most... (Yahoo News -- Zimbabwe)
Mothers in Gomoa asked to visit nutrition centre for advice Jul 20, 2008
Miss Okine said the children who were suffering from Kwashiorkor and underweight were made up of 23 boys and 24 girls. They were from Apam, Gomoa Odina, Mumford, Gomoa Onyadze, Gomoa Buduatta, Gomoa Obuasi and Gomoa Osedzi. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
* Six million Ethiopian children at risk: UNICEF May 22, 2008
In recent weeks the effects have become visible, with increases in cases of the condition kwashiorkor and severe acute malnutrition, particularly in southern Ethiopia, where 126,000 children require urgent therapeutic treatment. John Holmes, the UNs undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said he was deeply concerned by Ethiopias food insecurity, the worst since the drought-related humanitarian crisis in 2003. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Local mission workers and fundraisers are helping Haitian community Jan 21, 2008
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Orphanage appeals for support Jan 18, 2008
She said apart from the five who had been identified, most of the children in the home were suffering from Kwashiorkor due to poor care from their previous homes and needed medical care. According to the Director, the home had also adopted an insane woman and her four children, who had been neglected by her family and suffering from childbirth complications, which also needed a surgical operation to correct. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Okyenhene honours eleven Dec 10, 2007
Those honoured posthumously are Dr J.B. Danquah, Dr Susanna De-Graft Johnson, the first female doctor of Ghana famed for entering the medical condition, 'kwashiorkor' in the English lexicon and Mr William Ofori-Atta. The rest on the posthumous list were Reverend Anthony Antwi Beeko and Rev Kwadwo Sintim-Misa, both once heads of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and Robert Kofi Dokyi Ampaw, Ex-Director of the Research Branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
ZIMBABWE HUNGER Oct 16, 2007
Reuters AlertNet - ZIMBABWE: kwashiorkor comes to the capital ... Kwashiorkor rising steeply ... Harare local authorities recently reported that cases of kwashiorkor had risen by 43. (AlertNet)
Somalia: Malnutrition Stalks Once Fertile Region Sep 28, 2007
Another nutrition assessment in September by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Security and Analysis Unit in 10 locations found acute malnutrition rates above 20 percent among children under five, and clear signs of kwashiorkor. Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN. (allAfrica.com)
90,000 Euro-Polyclinic inaugurated at Agona Mensakrom Mar 5, 2007
She said the Polyclinic was constructed especially to ensure that pregnant women and children had access to improved nutrition to avoid infant mortality and Kwashiorkor. Nana Duoduwaa said a centre had been created at the Polyclinic with facilities for seminars and workshops for the youth on HIV/AIDS, Sex education, breastfeeding and family planning to improve the quality health care. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Letter From The President: Are we safe? Dec 1, 2006
People die of avoidable and treatable diseases like cholera, kwashiorkor and malaria in Sikaman. Sometimes, healthy people go to hospital with minor complaints but end up dying of serious complications resulting from a doctors incompetence or the lack of the requisite equipment and drugs to provide treatment for the minor ailment that sent him to the hospital in the first place. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Biafra's Brief Ray of Hope Oct 24, 2006
In the West, the defining images from the Biafran war were of children with kwashiorkor -- the bloated belly, rust-coloured and patchy hair, and twig-thin limbs that accompany starvation. "Biafra was reduced to nameless starving people on TV screens and in magazines," Adichie told me. (TheTyee.ca)
Inside the office of a business mogul| Jul 9, 2006
Where our companies are working we cant have children outside our mines with kwashiorkor, while our engineers have wine and cheese. . (iAfrica.com)
- What really makes women happy? Jun 11, 2006
Anna Raeburn recalls that in the 1970s, a disease called kwashiorkor was prevalent in Biafra. All the children were malnourished, because they weren't getting any protein, but their mothers didn't realise that was the problem, and they couldn't have got hold of protein anyway, so they kept feeding them starch. (Guardian Unlimited)
Health: Does 'Milk' Hurt Kids? May 4, 2006
As a result, the children were suffering from diseases that had all but disappeared in the United States: rickets (a severe deficiency of vitamin D) and kwashiorkor (protein deficiency) ... Those feeding rice- or soy-based beverages to children younger than 5 should see their pediatrician if their kids exhibit bowleggedness and delayed crawling and walking (symptoms of rickets) or distended bellies, lethargy and growth failure (kwashiorkor). (MSNBC -- News)
When Drought Turns to Famine Mar 8, 2006
Kwashiorkor: bloated belly, swelling of the joints, hair thinning and discolored along with stunted growth. The famine does not seem to be getting the worlds attention perhaps because of the other major emergencies that have occurred during the past year. (AlertNet)
