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Video: Global Hunger Basics
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.
Peter Morris, Nutritionist and Long-term USAID Expert Leads WHES
by August 3, 2020
The editorial staff of World Hunger Education Service recently sat down and interviewed Peter Morris for his insights about progress in international aid, hunger, nutrition and pandemics. Mr. M...
World Public Health Nutrition Association Offers $10,000 Prize in Writing Contest
by World Public Health Nutrition Association wphna.org July 31, 2020
WPHNA Article Writing Contest for its journal, World Nutrition. No cost to enter. Deadline February 10, 2021. Winners will be chosen for Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, North America, and Europe. See wphna.org ...
USAID Promotes Urgency as Pandemic Hides a Nutrition Crisis
by Trey Hicks, Alma Golden, and Shawn Baker, USAID via medium.com medium.com/USAID July 30, 2020
USAID indicates that the pandemic is imperiling nutritional gains around the world and makes their work more urgent. ...
‘Country-driven’ approach needed to limit COVID-19 damage to food security
by UN News UN News July 15, 2020
A ‘business as usual' approach is no longer an option, the head of the UN agriculture agency said on Tuesday, launching a new plan to move past the coronavirus pandemic....
Oxfam Warns More could Die from Hunger Than Corona Virus Disease
by Oxfam Oxfam.org July 9, 2020
OXFAM has reported that based on current projections, more people could die of pandemic-induced hunger toward the end of the year than from CoVid-19 disease. ...
United Nations Asks for Additional Food Resources as Corona Virus Impacts World
by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press July 6, 2020
Last week, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has asked for Five Billion Dollars to help fight hunger in developing and middle-income countries. David Beasley, WFP Executive Director said the number of hungry people could increase by 82% due to the pandemic. ...
Podcast: Hacking world hunger during coronavirus
by The Take Al Jazeera June 24, 2020
Al Jazeera's podcast The Take talks to people who are trying to fight hunger during the coronavirus pandemic...
Pandemics and Hunger: Part 2 of Our Interview with Dr. Ron Waldman
by WHES June 14, 2020
Exclusive content from the World Hunger Education Service. June 2020. Dr. Ron Waldman reflects on lessons of pandemic preparedness and response, the roles of the USG and UN and recommended references. Hunger Notes editors Peter Morris and...
UN Secretary General Warns of Worst Food Crisis in 50 Years
by Fiona Harvey The Guardian 9 June 2020 June 9, 2020
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, as warned of an impending crisis that is a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing world-wide recession. "50 million people will risk falling into extreme poverty....
Pandemics, Crisis and Hunger: An Interview with Dr. Ron Waldman Part 1
by June 7, 2020
June 7, 2020 Hunger Notes editors Peter Morris and Steve Hansch interviewed pandemic expert Dr. Ron Waldman (RW), Professor of Global Health at George Washington School of Public Health and long-time point person for international health in emergenci...
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