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UNICEF receives 3 million Euros from ECHO to fight child malnutrition in Northern Nigeria

"This expansion has been possible through the support of ECHO, the humanitarian aid agency of the European Union. CMAM field work is implemented directly by respective state governments in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-France, Save the Children UK, and Action Against Hunger (ACF)-US."

Food Charity: Action Against Hunger

"Action Against Hunger's (ACF) Maureen Gallagher has a secret weapon, and it tastes like peanut butter. For the past four years, the medical nutrition coordinator has been making sure that Plumpy'nut, a fortified nut and milk paste, gets into the right hands—those of starving children. To get there, she collaborates with local governments from Uganda to Nigeria and provides strategic support to keep ACF's treatment centers running and stocked with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) like Plumpy'nut.

Sahel Food Crisis: 10 Leading Aid Agencies Call for Urgent 'Surge' in Aid for 10 Million Hungry People

NEW YORK, NY— Ten leading aid agencies today called for a 'surge' in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The center of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population, have not enough food.

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Action Against Hunger is internationally recognized as a leader in the fight against global malnutrition. Action Against Hunger works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With over 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger runs life-saving programs in some 40 countries benefiting 5 million people each year.

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Facts about Hunger

925 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition around the world. 

Malnutrition affects 32.5% of children in developing countries.

1 out of every 6 infants are born with low birth weight due to undernutrition among pregnant women in developing countries.

1 out of every 3 people in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Hunger is number one on the list of the world's top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

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