by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Mar 5, 2024 | development, policy, poverty, public health
The importance of small farmersMicro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a critical role in the food system in developing countries. Worldwide, SME farms produce approximately 50% of calories, over 85% of fruits and vegetables and about 80% of meat and...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Nov 13, 2023 | climate change, development, environment, health, policy, poverty, public health, Sustainable Development Goals
Roy Cordova is a development expert from Bolivia. He has worked on monitoring & evaluation for projects in natural resources, municipal waste management and entrepreneurship for underserved populations. Today he talks about a big environmental problem in Bolivia:...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Jan 12, 2023 | disease control, health, health care, policy, poverty, public health, Sustainable Development Goals
Lack of micronutrients causes diseases ranging from anemia to stunting in children as well as child mortality and cognitive deficiencies. One key intervention is large-scale food fortification (#LSFF), which adds #micronutrients to food staples such as rice, wheat and...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Dec 7, 2022 | health, policy, poverty, public health, SDGs
Approximately two billion people worldwide, at least one quarter of the world’s population, suffer from the “hidden hunger” of micronutrient deficiency. [1] Micronutrient deficiencyMicronutrients – vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, folic...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | May 16, 2022 | FGM, gender based violence, health, public health
Over 200 million women have undergone female genital mutilation (#FGM), a procedure where their vagina has been cut or mutilated. FGM occurs in over 90 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, with over 95% of women cut in countries such as Somalia, Guinea and...
by Rebecca Laes-Kushner | Nov 22, 2021 | business, climate change, environment, health care, policy, public health, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, UN
22 November 2021 The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are targets for how we, on a planetary basis, need to restructure our economies, production, use of natural resources, and the living circumstances of men, women and children around the world. The 17 goals...
