Inelle Makamwe

Global food systems are undergoing rapid transformation as rising rates of chronic disease, population ageing, climate change, and technological innovation reshape how food is produced, regulated, and consumed. Increasingly, nutrition is being viewed not only as a means of preventing disease but also as a tool for promoting lifelong health while supporting more sustainable and resilient food systems. Against this backdrop, the Kerry Health and Nutrition Institute's eighth annual Megatrends...

Africa bears the highest burden of preterm births globally, yet access to donor human milk and human milk–based fortifiers remains extremely limited. Human milk fortifiers (HMF) are nutritional supplements added to breast milk to meet the specialised needs of premature or low-birth-weight infants. A Phase III clinical trial in Japan found that very low birth weight infants who received human milk–based fortifiers achieved better weight gain and improved growth in length and head circumference...

Hunger is no longer a seasonal accident in Cameroon; it has become structural. In communities affected by flooding, prolonged conflict, and economic instability, families are no longer simply going through a hard patch; their ability to cope is gradually collapsing. Photo by Wietse Jongsma on Unsplash A community assessment carried out by the Cameroon Red Cross among nearly 6,000 households in the Lake Chad Basin areas (Logone-et-Chari, Mayo-Danay, Mayo-Sava) paints an alarming picture: 64%...