The European Union (EU) Commission has allocated €510 million to Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

New research has found that about 2.2 million new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes and 1.2 million new cases of cardiovascular disease may be attributed to sugar-sweetened sodas and juices each year.

The consumption of sugary drinks contributed to an estimated 184,000 deaths worldwide in 2010. Just a decade later, that number had nearly doubled. A new study published Monday in Nature Medicine finds sugary drink consumption contributed to 340,

American researchers found that in Sub-Saharan Africa sugar-sweetened drinks contributed ... cases and more than 11% of new cases of cardiovascular disease. Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa have been particularly hard hit, according to a study by ...

One in five new type 2 diabetes cases in Sub-Saharan Africa and a quarter of those in Latin America and the Caribbean are attributable to sugary drinks

The European Union has announced an initial humanitarian assistance package of €1.9bn for 2025, with €510m earmarked for Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The commission stated that the EU has budgeted €1.9 billion for humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations worldwide.

This means that many people existed at subsistence levels where basic needs such as food, clean water and shelter were often unmet. This can lead to widespread malnutrition, high infant mortality rates and lower life expectancies.

Colombia has just marked a historic milestone in the global campaign against child marriage, with the Senate passing one of Latin America and the Caribbean’s most comprehensive bans on child marriage and early unions.

A new study establishes that soda consumption is doing ever more damage to health — with rising rates of diabetes in regions where soda-drinking is on the rise, like sub-Saharan Africa.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, (HealthDay News) -- Sugar-sweetened drink consumption accounts for more than 2 million new cases of type 2 diabetes, and 1.2 million new cases of heart disease worldwide annually.

Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa were the most affected regions ... and Bangladesh to 17.4 in Colombia. Intake varied by other demographics. Overall, sugar-sweetened beverage ...