Cameroon: Report Attributes Death Rise to Nutrition Neglect (AllAfrica.com)
Cameroon: Report Attributes Death Rise to Nutrition Neglect (AllAfrica.com)
A research on health and human well-being for 2007 has revealed that nutrition neglect accounts for the recent upsurge in death toll in Cameroon.
Tentative farm bill deal boosts nutrition programs (Wisconsin State Journal)
WASHINGTON Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Friday on a multibillion-dollar farm bill that includes a hefty increase for nutrition programs at a time of rising food prices. An intense series of bargaining sessions over how to pay for the five-year, $280 billion bill ended Friday afternoon with senior Democrats expressing optimism that they would soon be sending the …
Key lawmakers agree on nutrition aid boost (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Negotiators writing the new U.S. farm law agreed to a $10 billion increase for nutrition programs including food stamps, up $500 million from the earlier target, said the Senate and House Agriculture Committee chairmen on Thursday.