Child Malnutrition Estimates 2023: Data Interactive

This report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) focus on providing adequate social protection for children, which is included in Sustainable Development Goal 1 on poverty. One in five children live in extreme poverty—less than $1.90 per day—and this limits children’s access to food, education, and healthcare services. Only 35 percent of children globally have social protection benefits, disproportionately towards children in Europe over children in Africa and Asia.…

This annual report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre examines the state of internally displaced peoples (IDPs) worldwide in 2022. It spotlights the situation in several countries complemented with up-to-date global and regional displacement figures, noting that at the end of 2022, a record 71.1 million people lived in displacement. This year’s publication has a special focus on the relationship between internal displacement and food insecurity and examines how conflict and disasters have exacerbated these…

This case from the Western Public Health Casebook introduces the Active Schools program into the Maple Leaf School District. Amelia Brooks, the Director of Education with Maple Leaf District School Board, recognizes the benefits and evidence surrounding the Active Schools program in both improving physical activity for students and in supporting inclusive physical activity. Amelia wants to use the program to combat the sedentary lifestyle among many students in her district and the program encourages…