The global refugee crisis is skyrocketing. According to the most recent UN High Commissioner for Refugees' annual report, the number of refugees worldwide in 2022 stood at a record 108.4 million, up 19.1 million from a year earlier, representing the largest-ever increase.
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) has ranked Pakistan as one of the most severe nations in the world that suffer from the brunt and heat of food insecurity, undernourishment and malnutrition and high child mortality rates. To combat these challenges, organizations such as Action Against Hunger and Islamic Relief are tackling hunger in Pakistan.
Jean-Michel Grand, executive director of Action Against Hunger UK, said: “It is deeply concerning to see hunger used as a tool in geopolitical conflicts, at a time when ensuring access to nutritious food should be a global priority.”
These are the findings of a study that assessed the household food security situation, nutritional status of children aged 6 to 59 months and feeding practices of infants and children under two years of age in 119 municipalities in four priority regions, conducted by El National Institute of Statistics (INE), The United Nations system in Honduras and Action Against Hunger.
National averages mask regional differences in hunger and poverty levels that persist in remote islands and mountains, said Suresh Murugesu, country director for Action Against Hunger Philippines. Parts of central and southern Philippines have hunger levels three to four times that of regions with the lowest levels.
Voice of America speaks with Action Against Hunger's Anne Garella about the repercussions of Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Deal and how it will affect the global food supply.
Les politiques actualisées de l'OMS en matière de malnutrition aiguë comprennent les toutes premières lignes directrices pour la prise en charge des nourrissons à risque et des millions d'enfants souffrant de malnutrition modérée.
Action Against Hunger assured yesterday that the hiatus in the agreement -because everyone expects it to resume- “could be devastating for the Sahel”. Russia is thus punishing the innocent, those who have less, in a kind of global blackmail that can go wrong. Because Moscow has great interests in Africa, and its attitude can easily be interpreted as a neglect of its moral responsibility and indifference to the death it can cause thousands of kilometers from where it is fighting. The NGO already says it in its latest report: “No matter who is fighting, hunger always wins.”
