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Trump DOGE cuts caused 600,000 deaths this year, fmr. USAID official says
MSNBC· 2025-11-25 05:31
Global Health Crisis - Dismantling of USAID is estimated to have caused 600,000 deaths, with 400,000 (two-thirds) being children [1] - Severe malnutrition cases, once having a 20% death rate, have been reduced to less than 1% due to public health interventions [3] - Funding cuts impact life-saving activities, particularly in malnutrition care, HIV, TB, and childbirth [4][5][12] Data and Reporting Challenges - Data capture has been cut off, hindering the ability to accurately assess the impact of funding cuts [9] - A one-third increase in child mortality (e g, from 3% to 4%) may not be immediately noticeable without specific data tracking [10] - Statistics for 2025 will not be available for a couple of years, but current estimates suggest significant impact from cuts [11] Impact on Developing Nations - US aid has historically supported economic development and governance in countries like India, Korea, and Latin America [14] - Investments spurred by the US have helped turn countries like India from famine-stricken to food exporters [15] - Assistance supports societal development, as seen in Kenya's economic progress [13]
Palestinian prisoners report abuse as many return home malnourished
NBC News· 2025-10-15 04:30
After 20 months in detention, cameraman Shadi Abuido could not believe his eyes. He said Gazad looked like a scene from Judgment Day. Tonight, we managed to reach Shadi by phone.Welcome home. He told us he was tortured in every possible way. stripped naked, humiliated, and deprived of food and sleep, and that animals would have had more rights than they did.Most returned home looking gaunt and visibly malnourished. Everybody was affected by scabies. The Ministry of Health had actually had a little care pack ...
How an Israeli medical center is preparing to treat hostages
NBC News· 2025-10-12 15:35
What kind of medical conditions are you preparing for. So we we always prepare for everything for every scenario and really we want to be prepared for the worst and and hope for the best. But uh the main issues that we're preparing to is of course malnutrition.Are they going to be arriving here sort of on the brink of life and death or what's your expectation. First of all, we don't know. But we really hope not.I'll tell you what, we're a very experienced hospital. We think every medical situation can be ma ...
Doctor explains how Israeli hospital is preparing to treat freed hostages from Gaza
NBC News· 2025-10-10 17:17
We always prepare for everything for every scenario and really we want to be prepared for the worst and and hope for the best. But uh the main issues that we're preparing to is of course malnutrition. Uh we know many has been said about refeeding syndrome when people don't eat for long periods of time and are in starvations.We're very worried about reintroducing food uh about a fluid and electrolytes. So that's something we have a very strict protocol to. I'm sure that they will do step by step and recover ...
The Next Big Thing is Indian Traditional Superfoods | Kiru Maikapillai | TEDxVelammal Global School
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-06 16:52
Hi everyone, welcome. My name is Kiru Maple. I'm the founder of Divine Foods.So what we do in divine foods is we take traditional native foods from Tamil Nadu to the globe. Um that's what we do to begin with. So in India almost 57% people are anemic. 51% women are anemic which is um almost 18.7% cr people.The second woman you are seeing she might be aneimic. So this is almost higher than the population of entire Europe. And when you see the other case normally so if if there is any woman she's she might be ...
Magellanic penguins released back to the sea in Uruguay
NBC News· 2025-09-25 12:52
Así que para firmar va a estar acá con >> la mayoría llegan eh desnutridos por falta de su alimento en el mar. Pasan muchos días sin comer, empiezan a debilitarse, incluso algunos llegan anémicos y empiezan a salir a la costa. También muchos empiezan a tener su pluma en mal estado, que eso lo que hace es que eh el frío del agua y mismo el agua eh le filtre y bueno y tengan la necesidad de salir, que no puedan seguir viaje.Y muchos también han llegado heridos por redes de pesca. >> Fueronados. ¿Cómo fue el p ...
Life for children in Gaza is 'hell on Earther,' UNICEF says
NBC News· 2025-08-27 13:28
The situation in Gaza is a catastrophe for children. Every single aspect of their lives is negatively affected. Children are still trying to survive the bombardments.Every day, children are killed and injured in this conflict. On top of that, we have a humanitarian crisis that's threatening their lives around every corner. There's not enough food, water, medical care, shelter, and we're talking about being 22 months into a conflict.We shouldn't still be trying to meet people's basic basic needs. So for chil ...
How Gaza descended into a hunger crisis #israel #war #shorts
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-21 06:00
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - The UN reports a hunger crisis in Gaza, with "two out of three famine thresholds" reached, including plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition [1] - One-third of the population in Gaza is reportedly not eating for days at a time [2] - The number of children who have died from malnutrition has surpassed 100 since the war started, and 300,000 children are at severe risk of acute malnutrition [2] Challenges in Assessing the Situation - The blocking of journalists and aid groups, along with the dissolution of Gaza's healthcare system, complicates the assessment of the situation on the ground [3] - International groups find it more complicated to trust published figures due to Gaza's health ministry being run by Hamas [3] Global Response and Severity of the Crisis - The language used to describe the severity of the crisis can impact the global response [1] - The situation in Gaza is described as extremely dire, even if it doesn't technically meet the criteria to be declared a famine [2] - The report aims to understand how the hunger crisis unfolded in Gaza despite months of warnings and what it would take to end it [4]
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BBC News (World)· 2025-08-16 18:54
Humanitarian Crisis - A Gazan woman flown to Italy died of malnutrition [1]
Five journalists killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
NBC News· 2025-08-12 02:30
Casualties & Accusations - Al Jazeera reported that Israeli strikes killed five of its staff in a tent in Gaza City [1] - Israel accused Al Jazeera reporter Anas Sharif of leading a Hamas terror cell, which both he and Al Jazeera denied [1] - Palestinian officials in Gaza stated that at least 238 journalists have been killed by Israel [2] Military & Political Strategy - Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to expand fighting in the Gaza Strip to defeat Hamas [2] - Netanyahu stated the goal is to free Gaza from Hamas terrorists, not to occupy it [2] - Netanyahu's strategy would bring Israeli forces into camps housing hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians [3] Humanitarian Crisis - Gazan officials reported that more than one hundred children have died from malnutrition [4] - Despite aid being air dropped and trucked into Gaza for two weeks, many are suffering worsening hunger [3] - Netanyahu denied there was hunger in the Gaza Strip and said reports of the deteriorating humanitarian situation were exaggerated [5] International Relations - Netanyahu thanked President Trump for his steadfast support [3] Hostage Situation - Israeli hostages' families are fearful that the fighting could endanger their loved ones [4]