PHM-Exch> 2010 Global Hunger Index: The Crisis of Child Undernutrition

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *Global Hunger Index*

*The Challenge of Hunger: Focus on the Crisis of Child Undernutrition

**International Food Policy Research Institute – October 11, 2010

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Available online PDF [56p.] at:*  *http://bit.ly/9vdYv2

  .Malnutrition among children under two years of age is one of the leading
challenges to reducing global hunger and can cause lifelong harm to health,
productivity, and earning potential, according to the 2010 Global Hunger
Index (GHI).

“……The Index scores countries based on three equally weighted indicators:
- the proportion of people who are undernourished,
- the proportion of children under five who are underweight, and
- the child mortality rate. The biggest contributor to the global score is
child undernutrition, which accounts for almost half of the score….”


Content

 *Summary *

*Chapter 01 *The Concept of the Global Hunger Index

*Chapter 02 *Global, Regional, and National Trends

*Chapter 03 *Fighting the Crisis of Early Childhood Undernutrition The
Thousand-Day Window of Opportunity

*Chapter 04 *Community Perspectives on Early Childhood Undernutrition “Now
We See It Is a Problem and We Know How to Address It”

*Chapter 05 *Tackling Early Childhood Undernutrition Policy Recommendations

*Appendix

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Press Release

*Improve Child Nutrition to Reduce Global Hunger, Says New Global Hunger
Index<http://www.ifpri.org/pressrelease/improve-child-nutrition-reduce-global-hunger-says-new-global-hunger-index>
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