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Hunger in the News
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Africa
Future of America's Assistance for Global Health - Roundtable
Hunger Notes joins with other sponsors in convening an expert discussion on July 17, 2025 about the role of American foreign aid in global health, looking ahead 5+ years. The Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the Partnership for Quali...
Conflict and Famine
Hunger Hotspots Report, Summer 2025
Hotspots for elevated hunger and malnutrition during the summer of 2025 were highlighted for Sudan, Gaza, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali in the new report produced by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, along with the World Food Program, w...
Asia
Early Humans and Plant-based Diets
The latest edition of Science journal (by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) reports that wooden tools from a 300,000-year-old site in Gantangqing (southwest) China demonstrate the importance of plant foods in early hominin (hum...
Nutrition
Social Marketing and Childhood Diets -- Comments about MAHA
A new report by Dr. Claudia Parvanta, reviews the implications of the current U.S. Administration's May 2025 "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report for children's diets and nutritional education in the U.S. Responding to a request from the Soci...
Agriculture & Nutrition
WHES Co-sponsors Roundtable About Aid Toolbox
On June 19, 2025, a roundtable of two dozen experts about how international aid is designed and given will be held, co-organized by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), the USAID Alumni Association, the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke U...
Agriculture & Nutrition
World Expo in Osaka Japan Targets Zero Hunger
An exhibit focusing on world hunger has been on display for the past two weeks, ending today, June 15, 2025, at the World Expo in Japan. World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is currently taking place in Japan under the theme “Designing F...
Africa
Demise of McGovern-Dole School Feeding
This month, May 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cancelled most of its existing foreign assistance programs, including those involving overseas school fee...
Agriculture & Nutrition
Famine Early Warning System Restarted
Correction & Update: Hunger Notes reported on March 19 about the cancellation of the important, 40-year-old Famine Early Warning System program, cre...
Africa
World Hunger Day
May 28 is World Hunger Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about global hunger and inspire action to address food insecurity and malnutrition. World Hunger Day has been celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty since 2011, and...
Agriculture & Nutrition
2nd Annual International Food Aid Showcase, June 10 in Washington, D.C.
George Washington University (GW), in Washington, D.C. will host a gathering of NGO and food experts on June 10, 2025, to share lessons about overseas food aid and look ahead. It is co-sponsored by Counterpart International (an international NGO), ...
United States
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Future of America’s Assistance for Global Health – Roundtable by WHES
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Wall of Fallen American USAID Staff by S Hansch and P Morris, WHES
Opinion
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In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR by Steven Hansch
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Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID by Margie Ferris Morris
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader
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