Malnutrition

Poor nutrition threatens the growth and development of millions of children.
It’s unacceptable that, in a world that produces enough food to feed its entire population, over 3 billion people can’t even afford the cheapest healthy diet.
Poor diets and malnutrition aren’t a matter of personal choices – the world’s poorest people simply can’t access or afford to eat a healthy diet.
Malnutrition is a direct threat to every child’s right to good health and wellbeing. It can hold back their life chances and prospects for escaping poverty, denying them the chance to build a better future and help their communities prosper.
Together we can change this.
Poor nutrition threatens the growth and development of millions of children.
Around the world, women and girls are most at risk of becoming malnourished.
Most people facing hunger in the world today live in countries affected by conflict.
Rising temperatures and extreme weather are having a devastating impact on communities.
The impact of Covid-19 means 132 million more people around the world could face hunger.
The decades-long decline in global hunger has ended. If current trends continue, around 840 million people will be hungry by 2030.
Around the world 690 million people go to bed hungry every night.
Almost half of global child deaths are a result of hunger and undernutrition.
Action Against Hunger fights malnutrition in 46 countries around the world.
For over 40 years, we’ve led the global fight against hunger.
In 2019, we helped more than 17 million people in 46 countries around the world through our innovative programmes.
Our global efforts save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, but millions of undernourished children remain in need of life-saving treatment.
We save the lives of malnourished children and support their families to beat hunger.
See the transformation of the people we support through our programmes.
We fight hunger in 46 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.