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India’s push for healthier food labels faces fresh challenge as industry resists warnings

INDIA’S efforts to strengthen nutritional labelling on packaged foods have come under renewed scrutiny after the country’s food-safety regulator abandoned a push for prominent colour-coded warnings…

  • Food Safety Authority of India rejects color-coded warnings, citing industry opposition
  • Indian Fanta contains more sugar and artificial coloring than London version
  • Supreme Court reviews FSSAI's decision on nutritional labeling

Nigeria: Children Bear Brunt As Funding Crisis Threatens Global HIV Gains - New Report

[Vanguard] Children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the global HIV response as funding cuts disrupt prevention, testing and treatment services, with 2.27 million children and adolescents aged…

  • 2.27 million children and adolescents in Nigeria live with HIV in 2025.
  • 255 children acquire HIV and 167 die from AIDS-related causes daily due to funding crisis.
  • Only 65% of children know their HIV status, compared to 89% of adults.

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