The Archipelago Dec 2, 2008
South Sulawesi Health Agency has records of 10 infants dying from malnutrition between January and October this year and 94 other cases of acute malnutrition which were followed by clinical symptoms known as Marasmus kwashiorkor. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Aid workers: Hunger killing Haiti children Nov 21, 2008
Several had the puffy faces typical of kwashiorkor, a protein-deficiency disorder. Slide show. (MSNBC -- International)
Hunger Plagues Haiti After Storm Wipes Out Food Supply Nov 21, 2008
Several had the puffy faces typical of kwashiorkor, a protein-deficiency disorder. Five-year-old Mackenson Duclair, his ribs protruding and his legs little more than skin stretched over bones, weighed in at 19. (Fox News)
Chronic food shortage shows despite efforts by N. Korea to hide it Nov 9, 2008
Aid agencies say the level of hunger is not at the point it was in the 1990s when it was defined as a famine, although they have found a few cases of children suffering from "kwashiorkor" - the swollen belly syndrome associated with starvation. Mostly what they are seeing is a kind of collective apathy - the kind of listlessness shown by the people on the streets of Nampo. (Boston Globe)
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)
