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Hunger Hotspots FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity June to October 2025 outlook
In the outlook period from June to October 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to worsen across 13 countries and territories identified as hotspots and are issuing an early warning for urgent humanitarian action in these hotspots.…
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Protection not permission: The UK’s role in upholding international humanitarian law and supporting the safe delivery of humanitarian aid
United Against Malnutrition & Hunger (UAMH) submitted evidence to the International Development Committee's inquiry on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and is cited in this subsequent report. This cross-party International Development Committee (IDC) report, released on 12 June 2025, on humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law (IHL), examines how the UK can support access…
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Conflict, Hunger and International Humanitarian Law: A Practitioner’s Legal Handbook
Produced by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry of Defence, this handbook presents the rules of International Humanitarian Law that contribute to avoiding and addressing food insecurity in situations of armed conflict. An understanding of the law promotes better compliance, contributing to the UK’s broader efforts to prevent and mitigate acute food insecurity and…
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In the interest of children: How the UK Government can fulfil their manifesto promise to “tackle unsustainable debt”
A report from Save the Children. In 2024, 18.2 million children were born into hunger. Mounting debt burdens are shrinking fiscal space for many governments, undermining their ability to adequately fund critical public services and make long term investments in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG 2 Zero Hunger. The report calls for urgent…
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International Development Committee’s Report on SDG2: Zero Hunger
The International Development Committee (IDC) conducted an inquiry into the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and wider UK Government’s work on hunger and nutrition around the world and work towards achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in line with SDG2. It examined the impact on this work of significant ongoing cuts to the UK aid…
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Building resilience and enhancing nutrition in Africa’s food systems
This report from Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, Building resilience and enhancing nutrition in Africa’s food systems, was produced in collaboration with the governments of Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia. It is the result of a 15-month study examining the resilience of food systems in these countries. Funded by Irish Aid,…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger newsletter #2, December 2024
Welcome to United Against Malnutrition & Hunger’s second newsletter, which covers May to December 2024. It is your essential resource about the work happening in our alliance and the sector to address the outrage of global malnutrition and hunger, which is arguably the starkest expression of inequality that there is. In his message from our…
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Hunger and Conflict: A Deadly Cycle, UAMH’s Post-Event Paper and Recommendations
On Tuesday 5 November 2024, United Against Malnutrition & Hunger (UAMH) hosted an event at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on Hunger and Conflict: The Deadly Cycle. Parliamentarians, think tanks, veterans and reservists, and representatives from civil society explored the key question: how can we break the deadly cycle of hunger and conflict? This…
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Hunger Hotspots FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity November 2024 to May 2025 outlook
According to the latest Hunger Hotspots report, GNAFC partners – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – warn that acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories from November 2024 to May 2025, the spread…
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The Investment Framework for Nutrition 2024, World Bank
Despite a 44% decline in child stunting from 1990 to 2022, progress is insufficient. The Investment Framework for Nutrition 2024 expands the focus to include low birthweight and obesity, adding policy considerations, operational guidance for country-level implementation, and gender and climate change perspectives. An additional $13 billion annually is needed to scale up nutrition interventions,…
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Nutrition and climate integration for transformative actions
Concern Worldwide UK’s report Nutrition and climate integration for transformative actions, raises the importance of tackling the malnutrition and climate change crises simultaneously, by integrating nutrition and climate actions as an essential response to these crises. The report advocates for integration, as a process of planning and implementing policies and programmes that address nutrition needs…
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Why Nutrition is Foundational to Development
Food is foundational to development. Good and accessible nutrition, most critically at the start of life and during pregnancy, provides the path to a world of greater equality, prosperity, and peace.
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Malnutrition 101
Read United Against Malnutrition and Hunger’s briefing on malnutrition. It contains key facts and figures, and UAMH's recommendations to improve nutrition and food security.
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report – 2024
The 2024 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world including the latest estimates of the cost and affordability of a healthy diet. The report also looks at ways in which governments can repurpose their current support…
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Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024
This eighth edition of the report, produced annually by the Food Security Information Network, shows that global hunger is increasing.
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A Stronger World. Transforming Food Systems
Stronger Foundations is a global philanthropic community for ending malnutrition. It provides access to research, analysis, and tools to help funders – and development partners – navigate the investment landscape for malnutrition. Its Resource Centre provides bite size briefs, such as this one on transforming food systems.
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Healthier Pregnancies and Brighter Futures for Mothers and Babies: a global investment roadmap for multiple micronutrient supplementation
A roadmap to improve global maternal nutrition with MMS from the Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies consortium
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Between Life and Debt
Most African countries spent more repaying external debts than on healthcare or education – and in some cases both – last year as the continent experiences its worst debt crisis in a generation, according to this report by Christian Aid.
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Submission
Our Response to International Development White Paper Qs
UAMH's submission to the call for evidence.
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Evidence Narrative on Climate Change & Nutritious Foods
Stronger Foundations is a global philanthropic community for ending malnutrition. It provides access to research, analysis, and tools to help funders – and development partners – navigate the investment landscape for malnutrition. Its Resource Centre provides bite size briefs, such as this one.
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Closing the Gender Nutrition Gap
The Action Agenda was co-created with, and supported by a coalition of partners, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Submission
UAMH’s submission to the IDC inquiry
UAMH’s submission to the IDC inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger
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Action Plan
Hunger to Health
This paper makes the case for renewed commitment from the UK to tackle malnutrition. It describes a set of targeted, strategic investments and policy changes that could save nearly three quarters of a million lives and deliver over 300 million interventions to vulnerable women and children over the next five years.
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ICAN Stocktake of UK aid for nutrition
This report is a stocktake analysis from the International Coalition for Advocacy on Nutrition (ICAN UK), of the UK ODA spending and projects on nutrition interventions.
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Power of Nutrition: Maximising Resources for Nutrition
How might innovative finance catalyse hundreds of millions into the global nutrition sector?
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Development Initiatives background briefing
Analysis released at the launch of UAMH: UK urged to prioritise malnutrition and hunger as numbers facing crisis levels of food insecurity double
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