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A billion people suffer from chronic malnutrition and more than 3.5 million children will die this year as a result. Despite major progress in other areas, nutrition is an issue widely overlooked on the development agenda. Stunting rates have stagnated in Africa over the past two decades at an unacceptably high level of 40%.
The results are devastating - malnutrition leads to irreversibly stunted development and shorter, less productive lives. Less productive lives mean no escape from poverty.
ONE is calling on world leaders to make measurable commitments to reduce chronic malnutrition by 2016 and help 25 million children reach their full potential.
Briefing Centre
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Putting Nutrition on the Agenda
12 Sept. 2012
How can it be that 40% of Africa's children are so chronically malnourished by the age of five that they wil lnever fully thrive, physically recover or mentally develop - a statistic that has not improved in two decades, despite so much other development progress? More
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Food. Farming. Future: Breaking the Cycle of Malnutrition and Poverty
5 April 2012
50 million people could be locked in extreme poverty and 15 million children could remain chronically malnourished unless world leaders take urgent action to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. More
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4 African programs that are lifting HIV-positive people out of poverty
Posted by Kelly Hauser
For this World AIDS Day, ONE agriculture expert Kelly Hauser highlights four stellar agriculture programs that are working to improve the incomes and nutrition of people living with HIV and their families.I’m no HIV/AIDS expert, but I know that it’s incredibly hard for people living with ... More
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ONE on the road with Starfield in Canada
Posted by Sarah Stone
Last month ONE went on the road with Canadian Christian contemporary band and longtime ONE members, Starfield on their "We Are the Kingdom" tour. ONE volunteers were able to sign up hundreds of new ONE members and spread the word about preventable diseases, global childhood nutrition and raise awareness about ... More
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150,000 call for action on hunger
Posted by Saira O'Mallie
Yesterday I delivered over 150,000 signatures to Stephen O’Brien MP, the Prime Minister’s Envoy & Special Representative to the Sahel.12 million people are still at risk in the Sahel region of West Africa due to the worst droughts for 60 years, so we wanted the UK government ... More
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Serving a sweet dish at the House of Commons
Posted by Saira O'Mallie
This job certainly throws up a few unexpected opportunities, but turning my hand to pop-up restaurant organiser has to be the biggest challenge yet.I had to get permission from four different offices, find talented chefs to give up their time, recruit volunteers to help man the stand and get ... More
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Where every day is food day
Posted by Roger Thurow
Today is World Food Day. But, I wonder, do the farmers of Africa know it?Actually, for them, every day is Food Day. Food – growing it, scraping together enough money to buy it – is their daily preoccupation, a primal obsession. Africa’s smallholder farmers – the most common occupation on the ... More
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Why we need to invest in women farmers in Africa
Posted by Dr Sipho Moyo
“Because this continent is not only going to feed itself, we have to feed the world”As today is World Food Day, it is an appropriate time to recognise and appreciate the importance of Africa’s principals food producers; women farmers. Roughly 70% of small holder farmers in Africa are ... More
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A GROWING OPPORTUNITY: Investment in agriculture crucial to drive down poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
26 March 2013
Agriculture could be a catalyst for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa, but lack of funding for strategic investment risks undermining progress, according to a report published today by the ONE Campaign. Despite agriculture’s significant contribution to the economy of most African countries, investment in infrastructure, technology, and market development for the sector remains very low. More
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ONE welcomes EU nutrition proposals
13 March 2013
The European Commission has announced plans to boost efforts to tackle malnutrition as a key part of its future development aid strategy. More
