Colombia drastically reduced hunger in past 15 years: UN
The number of people suffering hunger in Colom bia dropped significantly since it was last surveyed between 2004 and 2006, the United Nations said Monday. According to the “The State…
The number of people suffering hunger in Colom bia dropped significantly since it was last surveyed between 2004 and 2006, the United Nations said Monday. According to the “The State…
Ten infants died of malnutrition in just one week in Colombia’s most northern province, according to a local social leader. The ten infants belonged to the indigenous Wayuu nation that…
Colombia’s national health institute (INS) rang the alarm on Sunday after a sudden spike in child deaths due to starvation. Blu Radio reported on an INS report that reportedly said…
In spite of an international court ruling ordering Colombia to attend a humanitarian crisis in the north of the country, four more children reportedly died of malnutrition last week alone. No authority is…
Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office has sued the governor of the country’s poorest province in order to prevent the governor from taking action that would leave 77,700 children without school food.
At least 294 children have died from malnutrition in the La Guajira province on Colombia’s Caribbean coast over the past eight years, President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Monday.
Four to five children die of malnutrition every week in Colombia, the country’s National Health Institute (INS) said Monday.
Malnourished children in Colombia’s northeastern state of La Guajira are to receive emergency relief from Colombia’s Pediatric and Nutritional Medical Brigade beginning on Friday.
Fifteen children from indigenous communities have died in the northern state of La Guajira this year due to extreme drought and unsanitary conditions, local media reported on Friday.