The Lack of Nutrition In Africa

Approximately 276 million people in Africa are affected by malnutrition. In addition, 3.99 million people live in Africa for 1 dollar a day. Developing countries are responsible for 90% of the disease burden, but the majority of the population lives in these countries, but only 10% of the resources are allocated to health (Kinabo, 2001) . Approximately 43% of children in developing countries are fainted for malnutrition and 36% are low in weight (Bone and France, 2003).

From October to December 2016, it was confirmed that 10.4 million people in Sahel and West Africa needed food and nutrition assistance. The reasons are various interrelated factors such as lack of food, restrictions on food access, basic social welfare, the impact of health and safety issues. For decades there have been numerous developments and humanitarian initiatives, projects and programs to deal with food and nutrient instability in this area. These initiatives are often carried out in an isolated, unconditioned way outside the overall framework and cause duplication of work, inefficient use of resources, and competition among organizations .

The Africa Millennium Development Goals Committee focuses on three key issues: improving agricultural productivity, developing infrastructure, and creating nutrition and school meal programs. The main objective is to double food production by 2012, to halve the proportion of people who can not afford adequate water and sanitation facilities, and to provide universal access to major nutrients includes. Scholars, scientists, and politicians are convinced that climate change will adversely affect Africa 's economic and social well - being and will surpass any other continent. As the temperature rises, the pattern of precipitation changes, the crop reaches the limit of heat, the nomads spend more time looking for water supplies and malaria and other diseases spread throughout the continent.

Kwashiorkor is the most common in countries where food is limited or missing. It is mainly seen in children and babies in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America. In these countries, food is often limited or insufficient at the time of famine due to natural disasters such as drought, flood, political turmoil. Lack of nutritional knowledge, such as corn meal in many countries in South America, and regional dependence on low-protein diets can also cause people to develop this symptom.