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Stay updated with the latest news and insights to fight hunger.Most Recent
Anti-Hunger Organizations
"11.5: Edge of Life" Campaign Targets to Reduce Deaths from Severe Wasting Malnutrition
A new global initiative to treat children with severe, wasting (short term) malnutrition was announced this past week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates. The global campaign is called "The 11.5: E...
Asia
Review of "Channeling Cassandra"
Dennis King's new monograph, Channeling Cassandra, draws on his over 35 years of experience managing information about international humanitarian disasters, including his creation of ReliefWeb.com and overseeing USAID and US Department of State human...
Opinions
Former International Food Aid Expert Reflects on U.S. SNAP
Former federal worker Nadira Kabir reflects on her experience navigating access to the SNAP program (U.S. domestic food assistance) after unemployment and pregnancy. Â "...
Africa
Mali Faces Famine
As of early 2026, Mali continues to face a deep nutritional crisis. While there has been long-term incremental progress in reducing chronic malnutrition (stunting), acute malnutrition (wasting) remains...
Africa
New Approach to Controlling Malnutrition in Somalia
Childhood malnutriiton can be addressed by their communities via an initiative in Somalia developed by the "Maternal, Infant, Young Child and Adolescent Nutrition (MIYCAN) working group and fostered by UNICEF and the federal department of health of S...
Books & Media Reviews
Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food and Our Future
As people get wealthier, historically, they eat more meat even though it is inefficient. the new book, "Meat" by Bruce Friedrich, examines the implications of the world's dietary choice. He lays out how six calories going into a chicken result in...
Africa
A Troubling Forecast: Early Warning Systems Signal Deepening Global Hunger in 2026
Real-time food insecurity forecasting is critical. Early warning systems identify emerging risks, such as conflict, climate shocks, and price spikes, months in advance, enabling humanitarian actors to mobilize resources and intervene before food inse...
Books & Media Reviews
Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
Around the world, a key shift during the past few decades in combatting malnutrition has been the adoption of social marketing, communications and "behavior change" to improve diets, caretaker behavior, and recognition of failures in child growth.Â...
In Memoriam
The Tallest Man: William Foege in Memoriam
William (Bill) Foege’s achievements for the health of humanity tower above almost everyone. He passed away this past week. Born in 1936, his many diverse achievements include: * Eradicated smallpox. Working with DA...
Nutrition
A Promising Model to Predict Rates of U.S. Food Insecurity
As covered in a September 20 Hunger Notes article, the USDA announced that they would no longer be collecting the annual data measuring household food insecurity and cancelling the Household Food Security Reports. This means that the 2024 ...
Global
Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
This article explains how the long-term climate-related effects of cutting USAID are real in terms of actual dollar costs to countries, as well as other impacts, such as increased irregular migration, climate risks, endangered supply chains, humanita...
Americas
CSIS Reviews Implications of the Final U.S. Hunger Report
A new Jan. 6 report from the think tank, CSIS, reviews the recent U.S. Government study about hunger in America, noting that this until-now annual food security or hunger report will no longer be conducted by the US Government which deemed it politic...
Americas
Death from Malnutrition in the United States
Deaths among Americans caused by malnutrition and hunger have increased 600% according to the Washington Post and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as reported by Andrew van Darn on Jan. 5, 2026, who finds that the increase is...
Africa
Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
The anthology edited by John Osgood Field, The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience Lessons Learned" remains one of the premier books about predicting and measuring famine ever published. Field, until his retirement a professor of food ...
Global
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Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
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Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
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Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
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Food Assistance Outlook Brief
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USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations Now Available from Third Parties
Agriculture & Nutrition
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A Troubling Forecast: Early Warning Systems Signal Deepening Global Hunger in 2026
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
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The Regenerative Agriculture Solution – a Review
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Social Marketing and Childhood Diets Implications of MAHA in the U.S.
Book Reviews
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Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future
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Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
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Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
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Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, “Field Exchange”, October 2025
On Resilience
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Food Insecurity Impairs Resilience and Elevates Distress in Young Adults
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Book Review: We Fed an Island – the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
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