America’s global development and nutrition strategy: A conversation with Rep. Joaquin Castro
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
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 […]
UN Food Systems Summit
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 […]
Women’s Nutrition: Resilience and Recovery on the Road to 2030
The Micronutrient Forum and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Consortium will co-host Women Nutrition: Resilience and Recovery on the Road to 2030, a session during the World Health Organization Food Systems Dialogues: Health Talks. Women’s roles in families and communities […]
New Resources for IYCF Programming – Updated Image Bank
High-quality images are an essential component of social and behavior change (SBC). Illustrations can be particularly impactful in places where literacy rates and access to media is low. For infant […]
Tackling malnutrition: Improving both food and health systems
Each year, malnutrition kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. Malnutrition is the leading risk factor for death in children globally: accounting for 45% of all child deaths, […]
Humanitarian leaders call on global donors to fund nutrition crisis on World Food Day
This World Food Day, we are calling attention to the need to elevate nutrition as a global policy and funding priority, alongside leading development and humanitarian leaders.
It’s Time for the Global Nutrition Sector to Finally Act
Comments by ECF’s CEO on the recent UN Agency Call to Action around COVID-19’s impacts on malnutrition