Latest Past Events

America’s global development and nutrition strategy: A conversation with Rep. Joaquin Castro

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Over the past 50 years, the United States has been a leader in global health, reducing preventable child deaths around the world by 56%. Despite these victories, 3.1 million children die from malnutrition in an average year — more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to dramatically increase rates of malnutrition around the world, with experts predicting that pandemic-related disruptions to food and health systems could cause global malnutrition to rise by up to 50%, as well as ripple effects continuing for years to come. In many parts of the world, malnutrition related to the pandemic is projected to kill more people, especially children, than the pandemic itself.

Launch of the Global Hunger Index

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The toxic cocktail of the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and violent conflict is exacerbating an already grim hunger situation in the world. Violent conflicts are becoming increasingly severe and protracted, and are destructive to virtually every aspect of food systems. Inadequate food systems and the rise in hunger are among the most pressing challenges […]

UN Food Systems Summit

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The UN Food Systems Summit will serve as a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems to drive our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and get us back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Over the past 18 months, the Summit has brought […]