A program that started way back in the Eisenhower administration has a role in today’s Ebola virus response.
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Healing Darfur, Sudan with school meals
How do you build peace in Darfur and throughout Sudan? This year alone has seen almost 400,000 people displaced by fighting between the government and rebel groups. Conflict between tribes has added to the chaos.
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Hunger also threatens Ebola countries
In the Ebola-afflicted nations of West Africa, hunger is also threatening the population. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been called to action.
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New York Times Letter: World Hunger and Solutions
I have a letter in today’s New York Times, discussing world hunger, along with Pietro Gennari, the Chief Statistician for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
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UNICEF-WFP missions save lives in South Sudan
UNICEF and the World Food Programme reached a milestone today in war-torn South Sudan.
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Ebola crisis: UNICEF 95 percent unfunded in Sierra Leone
UNICEF says funding is urgently needed for its relief mission in Sierra Leone, one of the countries impacted by the Ebola virus.
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The ray of hope for refugees in Uganda
Imagine you are fleeing South Sudan‘s battlefields, searching for safety. You head to neighboring Uganda to escape the violence and the food shortages. You might have to walk for days to get there, but there is no turning back. You need to escape the fire.
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Severe nutrition crisis in Ulang, South Sudan
Towns in Upper Nile state of South Sudan are showing extremely high rates of malnutrition. The United Nations, in a report issued today, said an assessment in Ulang showed a global acute malnutrition rate of 45 percent. Malnutrition causes lasting physical and mental damage in small children.
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Kenya: refugees malnourished, funding at risk
Over 43,000 victims of South Sudan‘s war have fled to Kenya, but hunger has followed them. A report from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) says that 24 percent of arriving child refugees under five were suffering from acute malnutrition.
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Pressure South Sudan’s leaders to end war and hunger
A group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are calling for international pressure on South Sudan‘s leadership to end the nine-month civil war. A statement from the group was released yesterday ahead of a United Nations meeting.
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