When crises strike, hunger doesn’t have to follow. Discover how Action Against Hunger is helping communities in Mali and Madagascar anticipate shocks and prevent malnutrition before it takes hold.
Action Against Hunger is sounding the alarm around a growing nutritional emergency after the latest Survey Monitoring and Assessment of Malnutrition (SMART) revealed the prevalence of child malnutrition in Mali far exceeds critical thresholds set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
A new study from Action Against Hunger shows that a significant percentage of children successfully treated for severe acute malnutrition are vulnerable to relapse.
On November 6, an Action Against Hunger staff member was travelling on the Ansongo-Gao road to one of the organization's projects in northern Mali when he was fatally shot by unidentified gunmen.