![Niger, Tahoua. A skeletal child receives emergency food through a tube at an emergency feeding center in Niger. Malnutrition is a serious problem each year in Niger, the drought and famine brought it to catastrophic proportions. [Date picture taken: 2005/08/08] © Edward Parsons/IRIN](https://www.worldhunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/niger_child_cropped_final-1200x448.jpg)
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America is suffering its worst hunger crisis in decades. Here’s how to fix the problem.
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World Food Day 2020
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Peter Morris, Nutritionist and Long-term USAID Expert Leads WHES
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