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Increasing food insecurity vulnerability in urban slums contrasts with regional improvements across the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil

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Food insecurity remains a persistent challenge in rapidly urbanizing regions, particularly in slum areas of the Global South. While traditionally associated with poverty, socioeconomic factors alone cannot fully explain the uneven distribution of food ...
Joice Genaro Gomes, Silvia Helena Galvão de Miranda, Julio Cesar Pedrassoli   +2 more
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Identification of factors associated with acute malnutrition in children under 5 years and forecasting future prevalence: assessing the potential of statistical and machine learning methods

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Eliminating acute malnutrition in children under 5 years of age stands as a critical health priority outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2, ‘Zero Hunger’. This requires targeted provision of treatment and preventative
Christopher Coffey, Meike Reusken, Frans Cruijssen, Bertrand Melenberg, Cascha van Wanrooij   +4 more
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Financing Climate Action Through Fair Taxation: How SDG Engagement Reduces Corporate Tax Avoidance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to a low‐carbon economy, central to achieving Paris Agreement targets and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action), requires unprecedented public and private investment. A significant climate financing gap persists, however, exacerbated by corporate practices that erode the public revenue base.
Ahmed Aboud, Niccolò Nirino, Panagiota Papadimitri, Michael Christofi   +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of severe acute malnutrition treatment delivered by community health workers in the district of Mayahi, Niger

Human Resources for Health
Background A non-randomized controlled trial, conducted from June 2018 to March 2019 in two rural communes in the health district of Mayahi in Niger, showed that including community health workers (CHWs) in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Elisa M. Molanes-López, José M. Ferrer, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Abdoul Aziz Gado, Atté Sanoussi, Nassirou Ousmane, Ramatoulaye Hamidou Lazoumar, Pilar Charle-Cuéllar   +7 more
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Food Waste Applications Beyond the West: Archetypes and Insights From China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste is a major challenge for sustainable development, but digital solutions designed to reduce it remain unevenly distributed globally. Food waste mobile applications (FWMAs) have emerged as promising tools for reducing food surpluses through redistribution and improved household food management.
Jiequan Hong, Ralf Barkemeyer, Anicia Jaegler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking Investment for the Water‐Energy‐Food‐Ecosystems Nexus: Key Drivers of Blended Finance for Sustainable Development

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Blended finance has emerged as a strategic solution to the multifaceted challenges of projects that navigate the intricate interplay of water, energy, food, and ecosystems, ultimately contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Paolo Gnutti Sandiumenge, Ibtissem Taghouti, Bouali Guesmi, José Maria Gil   +3 more
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The role of language technology and artificial intelligence in food security policymaking

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) offers significant opportunities to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Zero Hunger. While many NLP applications have been documented for SDGs such as healthcare and education, its application to ...
Marieke Meeske, Frans Cruijssen, Chris van der Lee, Emiel Krahmer   +3 more
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Effectiveness of decentralizing outpatient acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers and a simplified combined protocol: a cluster randomized controlled trial in emergency settings of Mali

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundOutpatient treatment of acute malnutrition is usually centralized in health centers and separated into different programs according to case severity.
Noemí López-Ejeda, Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Salimata Samake, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Luis Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Mahamadou N’tji Samake, Aliou Bagayoko, Magloire Bunkembo, Fanta Touré, Antonio Vargas, Saul Guerrero   +10 more
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Advancing Consumer Studies Through a Systematic Review of Sustainable Consumption and Sustainable Development Goals

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable consumption (SC) has become a critical pillar in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study delves into the interdisciplinary literature on SC and the SDGs to develop a comprehensive framework.
Guneet Chawla, Sahil Raj, Mahesh Joshi, Tanveer Kajla, Heetae Cho   +4 more
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Socioeconomic Risk Factors Associated With Acute Malnutrition Severity Among Under‐Five Children Based on a Machine Learning Approach: The Case of Rural Emergency Contexts in Niger and Mali

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Currently, child acute malnutrition continues to be a serious public health problem, and although its most fatal consequences are well known, its associated factors still need to be studied in more depth in different contexts.
Luis Javier Sánchez‐Martínez, Pilar Charle‐Cuéllar, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Fanta Toure, Antonio Vargas, Candela Lucía Hernández, Noemí López‐Ejeda   +6 more
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