Malnutrition causes a number of problems such as extreme thinness, or being very short for a person’s age, or a lack of vitamins and minerals such as iron deficiency which causes anemia. Micronutrient deficiency (vitamins and minerals) is very important as it affects nearly two billion people in the world
It is a form of malnutrition that is more prevalent in countries suffering from wars and crises, and is characterized by the inability to consume sufficient quantities of food to meet the minimum daily calories that the body needs over the course of one year
Refugees around the world are threatened with losing food security due to the cutting off of food aid from the World Food Organization, as is currently happening with Syrian refugees in neighboring countries. This measure is a major reason for children dropping out of school and heading to the labor market at an early age, while the world is fighting child labor
Dr. Taghrid Zuhdi Mohamed
President and Founder of the OFUQ ALSALAM ALDUWALI (OSD) Center
Member of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development / United Nations