Nutrition for Growth: Action Against Hunger Position Paper

November 1, 2021

Even before the global pandemic, the world was off track to meet the global nutrition targets of the World Health Assembly by 2025 and Sustainable Development Goal #2, Zero Hunger, by 2030. It is critical that governments, donors and stakeholders double down on efforts to fight hunger and malnutrition. The Nutrition for Growth Summit on December 7-8, 2021, is a pivotal moment for world leaders, including the U.S. Government, to make strong financial and political pledges to save lives and create opportunity for millions of children and families.

Action Against Hunger calls for prioritization of addressing the key drivers of hunger and malnutrition – conflict and insecurity, climate change impacts and health inequity – along with cross-cutting factors such as lack of access to basic social services, gender injustices and gender-based violence, unsustainable and unjust food systems, and the COVID-19 pandemic’s secondary impacts.

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Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,900 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.