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Yemen: World’s worst hunger hotspot risks further decline, say UN agencies

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A woman sits with the emergency food rations she has received from WFP, supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, in Lahj in April. Photo credit: W FP/Hebatallah Munassar Acute food insecurity will increase from the current 25 percent of the population to 40 percent by the end of the year in the areas surveyed?—?an

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To see Ethiopia truly prosper, malnutrition needs to be defeated

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million children under 5 years (38 percent) are suffering from chronic malnutrition (stunting or low height-for-age), according to the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Photo: WFP/Melese Awoke The consequences of malnutrition should be a significant concern for policymakers in Ethiopia, where about 5.8