Nutrition and Food Safety
The Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) Department is addressing the burden of disease from physical, chemical and microbial hazards in food and unhealthy diets, maternal and child malnutrition, overweight and obesity.
UNICEF/WHO/The World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME)
The Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) group was created in 2011 to address the call for harmonized child malnutrition estimates.
The inter-agency team releases annually estimates for child stunting, overweight, underweight, wasting and severe wasting. These new estimates supersede former analysis results published by the JME group, and the entire time series is updated based on available data to date.
UNICEF/NYHQ2012-0156/Nyani Quaryme
Six-month-old Maniratou Mahamadou, held by her mother, Habsatou Salou, smiles after a nutrition screening at the Boukoki Integrated Health Centre in Niamey, the capital.
Six-month-old Maniratou Mahamadou, held by her mother, Habsatou Salou, smiles after a nutrition screening at the Boukoki Integrated Health Centre in Niamey, the capital.
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