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03/09/10 Action Against Hunger Provides Clean Water & Sanitation in Flood-Affected Pakistan
Despite serious logistical challenges in reaching flood survivors in hard-hit areas of Pakistan, Action Against Hunger | ACF-International has launched emergency programmes to stem outbreaks of deadly water-borne illnesses and help families who have lost everything. These programmes target 52,500 people, particularly affected by torrential rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh regions.
25/08/10 One in Four Young Lives at Risk from Malnutrition in Western Chad
One out of every four children under five suffers from acute malnutrition in the Sahel region of Western Chad, according to nutrition surveys carried out by international humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger | ACF International. The organisation has scaled up its programmes to treat thousands of malnourished children with the condition and urges long-term preventative measures to strengthen local health systems.
25/08/10 Putting malnutrition back on the agenda in the Ivory Coast
We caught up with Nutrition & Medical Co-ordinator Raffaella Gentillini who has just returned from the Ivory Coast where she has spent the last year and a half providing long-term solutions to malnutrition in the Northern region of the country.
20/08/10 Unprecedented Floods Displace 20 Million in Pakistan
Pakistan has been hit by the worst flooding in its history, with an estimated 20 million people affected. Monsoons have swept away homes, bridges and roads, leaving millions displaced and in need of immediate assistance.
13/08/10 Against All Odds: Baby Monday's Story
Nurses at the Therapeutic Feeding Centre in the Kaabong Referral Hospital call him “the miracle baby.” In the hospital records his name is Monday; the staff name orphaned babies according to the day of the week they are born.
13/08/10 Addressing Malnutrition Among Refugee Children
'Located not far from Cox Bazaar, a seaside resort boasting one of the longest beaches in the world, I found myself in the small village of Kutupalong in the South-East corner of Bangladesh, a stone’s throw from Myanmar across the Naf river. In stark contrast to the beautiful nearby beaches, Kutupalong is an overcrowded and resource-poor area struggling to cope with the added burden of a large refugee population. [...]'
26/07/10 Aspirations Prevail Amid Catastrophic Food Crisis
Sitting in front of a feeding centre supported by Action Against Hunger in Kanem, Western Chad, one year old Adam smiles weakly as his mother Hawa cradles him. Determined to save her son, Hawa had travelled five days by camel in the burning heat to bring him to the feeding centre. His whole body swollen with oedema, Adam was in an advanced stage of acute malnutrition, a life-threatening type of hunger.
21/07/10 Niger in Crisis: the latest images
Drought, crop failure and high food prices have triggered severe food shortages in Niger. View the latest images and Action Against Hunger’s response here.
08/07/10 Humanitarian crisis still rife in Somalia
Meet Hajir who has been co-ordinating Action Against Hunger’s relief effort in Somalia for three years.
05/07/10 Malnutrition Crisis in Chad Threatens Thousands of Young Lives
Six months ago, a survey conducted by Action Against Hunger in the region of Bahr el Ghazal, in western Chad, showed that 27 percent of the 687 under five children surveyed were malnourished, almost double the emergency threshold set by the World Health Organisation at 15 percent. Jean-François Carémel, Country Director for Action Against Hunger, talks to us about the current situation on the ground.
