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2020 24 August

Urgent action is needed to address worsening food and nutrition insecurity in Burkina Faso

Urgent and sustained action is needed to address worsening food and nutrition insecurity in Burkina Faso, say the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), citing alarming new data. Some 3.3 million people are estimated...

2020 21 August

Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity

David Martin | COVID19 Food crisis Food insecurity Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in Yemen, warns the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United...

2020 22 July

More than 15 million cases of acute malnutrition expected in 2020 in West and Central Africa

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Food insecurity Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

United Nations agencies warn of unprecedented impact of food insecurity and COVID-19 on child malnutrition More than 15 million cases[1] of acute malnutrition are expected in children under the age of five in West and Central Africa in 2020 – one-third of cases in the most severe...

2020 21 July

New report identifies 27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises

David Martin | COVID19 Food systems Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

New analysis by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) identifies 27 countries that are on the frontline of impending COVID-19-driven food crises, as the pandemic's knock-on effects aggravate pre-existing drivers of hunger. No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and...

2020 15 July

Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity amid COVID-19 crisis

David Martin | COVID19 Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The alert from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), coincides with ongoing conflict and disasters on the continent, and severe underfunding for their work. “While the situation continues to deteriorate for everyone, the disaster is magnified for refugees who have absolutely...

2020 03 July

WFP announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people around the world due to socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

David Martin | COVID19 Humanitarian field Hunger Malnutrition SUN UN Network 0

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push millions more people into food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries. “The...

2020 29 June

UNICEF and WFP launch partnership to help fight malnutrition in Ethiopia

David Martin | Child nutrition Humanitarian field Malnutrition SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a three-year partnership in Ethiopia to support the Government in preventing acute malnutrition in children and mothers and provide school-based nutrition and health services. The three-year initiative aims to support the Government...

2020 26 June

Yemeni children face deadly hunger and aid shortages as COVID-19 pandemic spreads

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Human rights Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Millions of children in Yemen could be pushed to ‘the brink of starvation’ due to huge shortfalls in humanitarian aid funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic – according to a new UNICEF report marking more than five years since conflict escalated in the country. Yemen five years...

2020 17 June

Millions at risk of severe food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean due to COVID-19

David Martin | Child nutrition COVID19 Food insecurity Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

The socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean could potentially leave around 14 million* vulnerable people in severe food insecurity this year, warranting urgent attention to save lives, according to projections by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). “It is...

2020 12 June

Emerging data suggest COVID-19 is driving up hunger in vulnerable countries

David Martin | COVID19 Humanitarian field SUN Country Network, SUN UN Network 0

Initial and ongoing assessments by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) provide strong indications that the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are driving up hunger in countries that were already experiencing high levels of food insecurity prior to the disease's outbreak. "The COVID-19 pandemic poses...