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Fight hunger with knowledge. In this short video, World Hunger Education Service’s Steve Hansch explains global hunger, discusses a few causes, and tells you how to get involved in humanitarian work.
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Fact Sheet: Understanding Global Hunger
Hunger is not having enough nutritious food. To end global hunger, nutritious food needs to be affordable and available to everyone. Learn about the meaning, causes, and solutions to global hunger.
Global Hunger: Children
Fact Sheet: Child Malnutrition
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is vital for proper brain development. Malnutrition can have long-term impacts on a child’s life, including their ability to learn in school and grow properly.
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Global Hunger in the News
Read the latest news and analysis about global hunger below.
Syria’s crackdown on protesters becomes dramatically more brutal. Tanks and troops enter towns and villages for the first time as scores of peop...
by Katherine Marsh, Matthew Taylor and Haroon Siddique Guardian.co.uk April 25, 2011
The Syrian government's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations has escalated dramatically, with tanks rolling on to the streets for the first time and troops reported to have opened fire in several towns and villages across the country....
The nutrition community mourns the death of Michael Latham
by United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition April 24, 2011
Michael Latham died on April 1, 2011 at age 82 of pneumonia which set in during hospitalization after an operation. He is survived by his two sons Miles and Mark, his wife Lani, and mourned as well by hundreds who were touched by a remarkable life dedicated to serving others and making the world a b...
Michael Latham, nutritionist who advocated breast-feeding, dies at 82
by Emma Brown Washington Post April 20, 2011
Michael Latham, a leading nutritionist and tropical public health specialist who staunchly opposed the marketing of infant formula as a replacement for breast-feeding in developing countries, died April 1 in Boston of pneumonia. He was 82....
Global stillbirths: 2.6 million a year, overlooked and often preventable
by David Brown Washington Post April 13, 2011
About 2.6 million babies are born dead each year, a largely ignored and silently grieved loss of life, about half of which could be prevented....
Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans
by John Vidal The Guardian April 10, 2011
Bolivia is set to pass the world's first laws granting all nature equal rights to humans. The Law of Mother Earth, now agreed by politicians and grassroots social groups, redefines the country's rich mineral deposits as "blessings" and is expected to lead to radical new conservation and social measu...
Colombia agrees to protect unions
by Howard Schneider and Juan Forero Washington Post April 7, 2011
The government of Colombia has agreed to better protect union members and vigorously prosecute those responsible for violence against them, potentially paving the way for the Obama administration to seek congressional approval of a free trade treaty with the South American country....
Rush to use crops as fuel raises food prices and hunger fears
by Elisabeth Rosenthal New York Times April 6, 2011
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed....
In Syria, many uneasy about where a power struggle might lead. The majority Sunni Muslims want power while the minority Alawite sect is determined to ...
by Leila Fadel Washington Post March 30, 2011
CAIRO — When anti-government protesters buried their dead last week in southern Syria, their chants made clear that the divisions now coursing through Syria run even deeper than politics....
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