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Monthly Archives: July 2017

Caring for Moms during the “Window of Opportunity”

There is a critical time when good nutrition matters most: during the 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy through a child’s second birthday, adequate nutrition has long-lasting impact on a child’s chances for survival, as well as on long-term health and development. Among nutrition experts, it is known as the “window of opportunity.” Chronic undernutrition […]

Averting famine in Northeast Nigeria: Progress One Year After Declaration of Emergency in Borno State

Photography: Guy Calaf for Action Against Hunger, Monguno, Borno, Nigeria “Boko Haram burned our village down. They left us with only the clothes we are wearing,” said an elderly man Action Against Hunger found living in an abandoned school in the community of Monguno in Borno State in northeast Nigeria. “All our sources of income […]