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The terms ‘malnutrition’ and ‘undernutrition’ are often used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous.

In Afghanistan, the pandemic comes at a time when the country is grappling with deadly conflict, mass displacement, and a dire economy that has plunged over 80 percent of the population below the poverty line.

As lockdown measures gradually lift here in the UK, elsewhere millions of refugees and people living in the world’s most fragile places are just beginning their struggle against Covid-19.

With lockdown easing up in the UK and other parts of the world, we feel like this a good time for reflection of the past few months.Our overseas staff and their families have created images of their view from their window in lockdown.

For years, global warming and climate change have been causing extreme and erratic weather patterns, such as heat waves and droughts, resulting in what we now know as the climate crisis.

On June 16, the UK government announced its plan to merge the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in September to create a new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

The news agenda has been dominated recently with one topic, and one topic only: coronavirus (Covid-19). Here are three worldwide emergencies happening right now, that are not Covid-19 related.

Covid-19 is now in all the countries where we work - some of the poorest and most at risk countries in the world. This article explores why Covid-19 is so dangerous for the communities we work in, and what is being done to minimise the threat.

Last week, one of the worst storms in decades hit Bangladesh, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. With the help of our partners, we are on the ground responding to the devastating effects of Cyclone Amphan.