COL 140 Assignment: Examining Hunger and Malnutrition Issues in Africa

This essay provides a summary and response to articles discussing hunger and malnutrition issues in Africa, particularly focusing on the impact on children and pregnant women. The author analyzes Bill Gates' perspective on malnutrition and low-quality food accessibility, highlighting the potential hindrance to a country's overall productivity. It also contrasts this with Wario's viewpoint on leveraging technology for efficient food distribution to vulnerable populations. The essay emphasizes governmental roles in ensuring food quality and nutrition, ultimately aiming to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, especially among children, new mothers, and pregnant women.

Running head: HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION ISSUES IN AFRICA
HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION ISSUES IN AFRICA
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Summary
The article by Gates (2018) deals with the effects of malnutrition and the low quality of
the food material that is accessible by the concerned members of the society. The author majorly
focusses on the issues and the impact of those on the lives of the children and the pregnant ladies
as well as the ladies who have recently given birth to their kids. The author further opines that
this may curb the overall productivity of the country as well.
Response
The two articles that have been taken into consideration for the discussion are observed to
have been dealing with the various issues related to the hunger and the malnutrition that exists
within the countries of the world, especially the developing countries of the world. The articles
tend to put forth the ways that the concerned governments might apply in order to bring about an
eradication of the various issues of hunger and malnutrition that the concerned country had been
facing. The authors tend to focus their articles more on the major groups affected by the
malnutrition and the hunger issues of the country like the younger children, the ladies who have
experienced motherhood in the recent times and the ladies who would experience the same in the
near future.
The article by Gates (2018) deals with the argument that the various governmental
authorities that are related to the control of the quality of the food that is made available to the
citizens of the country. The government is mainly advised to focus on the younger children and
the women who are in need of the food materials that might be helpful in providing them with
the necessary nutrition that is required to remain healthy. The author further suggests that the
malnutrition might lead to the slowing down of the progress of the nation as a whole.

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However, Wario (2018) opines that the concerned government might take the help of the
various technologies in order to distribute the necessary food items among the classes of the
society that need the facilities on an urgent basis. The article puts forth the fact that this might
lead to the eradication of the various issues that pertain to the malnutrition and hunger issues that
are faced by the citizens of the society, especially the younger children, recent mothers and the
pregnant women.

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References
Gates, B. (2018). Why Does Hunger Still Exist in Africa?. gatesnotes.com. Retrieved 13 April
2018, from https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Why-Does-Hunger-Still-Exist-
Africas-Table-Day-One
Wario, H. (2018). Kenya: Technology is Key to Ending Hunger. AllAfrica.com. Retrieved
13 April 2018, from http://allafrica.com/stories/201108110095.html