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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Action Against Hunger's programs are sustainable because of our commitment to community participation—to build local capacity and harnesses a population's energy and resources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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About Hunger

The cause of most hunger stems from some disruption in a population's food distribution - whether resulting from poverty, war, or the deliberate denial of food to populations as a weapon or political tool.
Understanding Hunger

Hunger is a problem of distribution and access to productive resources.

Defining Malnutrition

A person whose caloric intake remains below the minimum 2,000 kcal/day becomes malnourished.

ACF's 5 Hunger Strategies

  • Curing Severe Malnutrition through Therapeutic Feeding
  • Preventing Malnutrition through Targeted Supplementary Feeding
  • Detecting Malnutrition through Nutrition Surveillance
  • Improving Food Security in the Long Term
  • Promoting Steps to Fight Hunger at All Levels through Advocacy

Read about ACF's 5 Hunger Strategies

Hunger FAQs

  • Is there enough food?
  • Who suffers from hunger?
  • Why does hunger persist?
  • What can be done?
  • Read all Hunger FAQs

Ending acute or chronic hunger is first and foremost a political endeavor. While the treatment of acute malnutrition requires a very technical medical response in an emergency setting, basic improvements in a community's water and sanitation infrastructure, for instance, can help ensure greater long-term health and food security.