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The cacao fruit is mostly grown in West Africa, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Foods rich in cocoa include cocoa butter, cocoa beans, cocoa powder, and dark chocolate.

During the first 1 000 days of life (from conception to two years of age), brain development is rapid. Between 24 weeks of gestation and two years of age, humans acquire 90% of their brain size.

Most individuals who contract COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks. Others, experience persisting symptoms that could result in organ damage. Click here to find out more on how to manage these symptoms and to educate your patients on how to manage symptoms through nutrition.

This is a complex, but increasingly urgent issue, most especially because it addresses the threat to our food systems. As the UN has put it: sustainable food systems don’t just help to end hunger.

With an aim to raise awareness in this National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (May), the NNIA investigates the relationship between allergies related to lactose intolerance (LI) and cow’s milk allergy (CMA).

The theme for International Nurses Day (12 May 2022) is: ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health’.

World Immunisation Week (24 – 30 April) prompts us to acknowledge the role of vaccines in preventing disease and death.

Death statistics from kidney disease worldwide are frightening and countries in Africa are no exception. On the continent, the death rate per 100 000 people per country varies from 5.07 to 36.93.