Kalkidan Z: Global Health

The country that I chose for this week for my sustainable goal is Cambodia. Although Cambodia has seen economic growth, a big portion of the population is close to the poverty line. Undernutrition is one of their major public health concerns, with 32% of children under 5 suffer from stunting, 24% are underweight, 10% are acutely malnourished, and micronutrient deficiencies are majorly being spread (Action Against Hunger, 2020). This is caused by many factors, such as the number of food children are eating is not enough, and how it does not contain the nutrients that they need to develop and grow. Over 75% of the Cambodian population lives in rural areas and is on the front-line when it comes to changing climate. This causes them to be extremely vulnerable since floods and droughts constantly threaten the food system and will only increase in frequency and intensity in the future. Cambodia is currently ranked as number 8 for the most vulnerable country when it comes to natural disasters...

The country that I chose this week for my sustainable goal is Iran. Iran is one of the 6th largest refugee population in the world. They are hosting 1 million refugees and they typically come from Afganistan and Iraq (The World Food Programme, 2020). Iran has had complications when it comes to food security due to problems with climate change, and how it affects farmlands. Due to the poor soil and lack of proper water distribution, most of the farmland can not be used for planting. Not only does it affect agricultural farming, but the dry soil also affects the plantation for grains or vegetation. This is what helps feed livestock and without it, it is likely that the livestock will not thrive (Borgen, 2020). Refugees living in settlements have limited job opportunities, no access to farming, and a prohibition to keep livestock which makes them unable to meet their food needs. Poorly diversified diets and detrimental practices, which include skipping meals, consuming cheap and unhealthy...

The country that I chose this week for my sustainable goal is Nigeria. Nigeria is one of Africas wealthiest countries and has one of the fastest-growing economies. However, more than half of the country lives below the poverty line and suffers the world’s third-largest level of chronic undernutrition among children. Nigeria is suffering from and dealing with a lack of access to safe water and sanitation, rising food insecurity, the disruption of basic services because of conflict, and have poor knowledge of healthy feeding practices for infants and young children (Action Against Hunger, 2020). Nigeria is also suffering from climate change which causes them to have periodic floods and droughts, which has had a major impact on agriculture output and increased the vulnerability of populations, especially people who live, work, or gain access to food from rural areas (World Food Programme, 2020).  Nigeria has been using countless resources to improve the crisis that is happening and tr...