Armenia improves Global Hunger Index position by three pointsOctober 14, 2016 - 15:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has improved its position in the Global Hunger Index, scoring 8.7 points against the 11.7 registered the previous year. Since 2000, significant progress has been made in the fight against hunger. The 2000 Global Hunger Index (GHI) score was 30.0 for the developing world, while the 2016 GHI score stands at 21.3, representing a reduction of 29 percent.1 To put this in context, the higher the GHI score, the higher the level of hunger. Scores between 20.0 and 34.9 points are considered serious. The proportion of undernourished population stands at 5.8% in Armenia, the prevalence of children under 5 amounts to 3.3%, while that of stunting in children under five years is 12.9%. In the country, the under five mortality rate is as low as 1.4%. Azerbaijan has registered the worst results in the region, scoring 9.8 points, Georgia and Russia have 8.3 and 6.8 points, respectively, while Turkey’s score is Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. |