by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Ensuring food and nutrition security continues to be one of the key challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. Out of the one billion hungry people in the world, two-thirds live in this region. Much of the burden of addressing this challenge falls on the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Agriculture is an important source of income for the majority of Kenyans. About 75 per cent of the population earns all or part of its livelihood from the sector, which accounts for 18 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).1 Only 20 per cent of the...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge There is high prevalence of HIV in Cameroon, where more than 4 per cent of the population live with HIV. About 620,000 people live with HIV (PLHIV), which includes 341,000 women, 240,000 men and 39,000 children. In addition, the annual new infections and...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge In Kenya, 47 per cent of the country’s population lives below the poverty line. High levels of malnutrition afflict the country’s poorest people. In the arid and semi-arid areas, around 369,000 children under the age of 5 are suffering from acute...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The Horn of Africa region has been dependent on food aid for decades due to insufficient food production and recurrent food shortages, drought and famine. Heavy rains, high food and fuel prices, and conflict have led to a large-scale food crisis reaching...
