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Eleanor Crook Foundation and Helen Keller Intl Announce Partnership with Senegal's Ministry of Health to Combat Child Wasting

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Senegalese Ministry of Health, the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF), and Helen Keller Intl have embarked on a new $4 million initiative to significantly reduce child malnutrition in Senegal.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Senegalese Ministry of Health, the Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF), and Helen Keller Intl have embarked on a new $4 million initiative to significantly reduce child malnutrition in Senegal.
  • Wasting causes the deaths of millions of children worldwide, and those who survive face significant threats to their long-term health.
  • In recent years, Senegal has made great progress on child stunting, a condition caused by malnutrition that results in slow growth and developmental delays – but unfortunately, progress on child wasting has plateaued.
  • Helen Keller Intl greatly appreciates the Eleanor Crook Foundation's invaluable support and the leadership of the Government of Senegal to advance this lifesaving work."

783 MILLION PEOPLE FACE HUNGER GLOBALLY, NEW REPORT SHOWS

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally, as many as 783 million people—more than the population of the E.U. and U.S. combined—suffer from hunger, according to the State of the Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report released today by four United Nations (U.N.) agencies; the Food and Agriculture Organization; World Food Program; International Fund for Agricultural Development; and UNICEF, the U.N.'s Children's Fund.

Key Points: 
  • Compared to pre-pandemic levels, 122 million more people face hunger today.
  • While average global hunger rates fell slightly in 2022, there are sharp regional disparities, with hunger rising in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.
  • Across Africa, 11 million more people suffer from hunger now compared to the previous year.
  • According to Action Against Hunger's 2023 Hunger Funding Gap report, there is a shocking 53% gap in hunger funding for countries facing "crisis" levels of hunger or worse.

Chobani Continues to Invest in Combatting Child Hunger with Launch of Raspberry Lemonade Greek Yogurt Child Hunger Batch

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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NEW BERLIN, N.Y., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chobani today announced another step in its efforts to combat child hunger with the release of a Raspberry Lemonade Greek Yogurt 4-pack. The latest in its impact batches tied to charitable efforts, Chobani® Child Hunger Batch supports Edesia, a global nonprofit that produces specialized food designed to combat severe malnutrition.

Key Points: 
  • NEW BERLIN, N.Y., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chobani today announced another step in its efforts to combat child hunger with the release of a Raspberry Lemonade Greek Yogurt 4-pack.
  • The Chobani Child Hunger Batch is a layered lemon Greek Yogurt with real raspberry on the bottom, a delicious raspberry lemonade flavor reminiscent of childhood summers.
  • Chobani Child Hunger Batch is sold nationwide in 5.3oz 4-packs at a listed suggested retail price of $4.99.
  • Chobani continues to use food as a force for good by expanding its line of products tied to charitable causes, with the Child Hunger Batch joining Hero Batch and Refugee Support Batch .

Kallyope Receives $8.2 Million Grant to Identify Novel Interventions for Children and Undernourished Pregnant Women and Mothers Experiencing Environmental Enteric Dysfunction

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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The four-year agreement focuses on discovery and characterization of metabolites that can be developed and delivered to undernourished pregnant and lactating women who are experiencing environmental enteric dysfunctions (EED).

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  • The four-year agreement focuses on discovery and characterization of metabolites that can be developed and delivered to undernourished pregnant and lactating women who are experiencing environmental enteric dysfunctions (EED).
  • EED is an incompletely defined syndrome of inflammation, high enteropathogen burden, reduced absorptive capacity, and reduced barrier function of the small intestine.
  • Under the agreement, the foundation will provide a grant to Kallyope of $8.2 million over four years.
  • Kallyope will retain rights to develop compounds derived from the identified agents as possible therapeutics in other global regions, including as supplements in low-resource nations.

Feeding Africa: how small-scale irrigation can help farmers to change the game

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps.

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  • Farmers decide what technologies to use to extract water, be it manual lifting or solar water pumps.
  • Farmers purchase, run and maintain the operation themselves on their own farms or as part of small groups of farmers.
  • Small-scale irrigation can help smallholder farmers to increase agricultural productivity and incomes.
  • For these reasons, it can contribute more rapidly to the achievement of national agricultural and development goals, compared to large irrigation schemes.
  • Small-scale irrigation contributes to the resilience of smallholder producers by preserving their food security and nutrition during times of drought.

What we found

    • Women’s dietary diversity is a measure of quality of food access, defined as the consumption of different food groups over the previous 24 hours.
    • We found that women’s diets in that region were generally poor and identified high seasonal fluctuations in diet quality.
    • We used standard measures like weight-for-height deviations, also known as wasting, which is a measure of acute malnutrition.
    • It is challenging to address through a single intervention such as irrigation.

Boosting the impact

    • Irrigation should, therefore, be promoted as a nutrition intervention, in addition to its potential for higher yields, incomes and employment.
    • They should have greater input into decisions about technology and crop choice, and control over irrigated output.
    • Addressing nutritional deficiencies: Policy makers should promote irrigated foods that not only generate income but also address local nutrient deficiencies.
    • The International Food Policy Research Institute, where Elizabeth Bryan works, receives funding from a large number of donors.

INNOVATIVE APP FOR DETECTING MALNUTRITION WINS 2023 GOLD ANTHEM AWARD FOR ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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New York, NY, Feb. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A potentially life-saving new app for detecting acute malnutrition in children captured this year’s Gold Anthem Award for Best Humanitarian Action & Services Innovation.

Key Points: 
  • New York, NY, Feb. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A potentially life-saving new app for detecting acute malnutrition in children captured this year’s Gold Anthem Award for Best Humanitarian Action & Services Innovation.
  • Developed by the international nonprofit Action Against Hunger , the tool holds the potential to change the way the world screens millions of children for malnutrition.
  • Every day, more than 2,000 children die from hunger-related causes, and innovative solutions to end malnutrition have never been more urgent.
  • Typically, in places where hunger is deadly, malnutrition diagnostics can be slow, if they are available at all.