MLK, JR.
But their chance of survival still depends on where they are born. Two decades ago, nearly 10 million children did not live to see a 5th birthday. By 2017, that number — about 1 in every 16 children — was nearly cut in half, even as the world’s population increased by more than a billion people.
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Water pollution threatens nearly all the globally agreed development goals to end environmental destruction, poverty and suffering by 2030, economists warned in a report on Tuesday, citing the largest-ever database on the world's water quality.
Read MoreBoth Africa and India continue to have the highest percentage of under-five children who are undernourished. Africa and India share a rich history that dates back to the 17th century. Over the past few decades, the population of Africa and India has grown exponentially and currently accounts for 43 percent of the global population.
Read MoreIn recent decades, there has been a widely acknowledged global trend of less and less extreme poverty. According to World Bank standards, 1.1 billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty since 1990.
Read MoreThe World Health Organization considers food and nutrition security a top priority and basic human right. Without adequate food and nutrition, children are unable to reach their full development potential both physically and mentally.
Read MoreWorld hunger is on the rise. Today, nearly one in 10 people around the world suffer from hunger…
Read MoreOn Friday, Sept. 23, 2019 I had the opportunity to speak at the annual Chosen Conference at Seacoast Church. This conference draws some 2500 women from across the nation, and this year, they focused on “Victory.”
Read MoreIvey is no stranger to hunger. Having grown up in poverty in Spanish Town Jamaica, he migrated to New York at the age of seventeen to make a better life for himself. For years he lived as a ghost.
Read MoreThis joint report is issued annually by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNICEF, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. It presents the latest estimates on food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition at the global and regional levels. The 2019 edition continues to signal that significant challenges remain in the fight against food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms…
Read MoreHunger is often understood as an abstract problem occurring elsewhere, but it lurks the world over, including the poverty-ravaged “food deserts” of developed countries, in which convenience stores might be residents’ only source of food.
Read MoreSometimes a sermon can be polarizing. Once I was preaching to a crowd of New Yorkers about how Christians should respond to the problem of poverty. I’ll never forget two emails I received the following week, both in reference to the same sermon.
Read MoreDespite designing the world’s earliest and largest schemes on hunger and malnutrition, having surplus grains and food wastage, millions of Indians go to sleep hungry every night…
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Berkley Center Third Floor Conference Room Map
Through today’s decisions and actions, we are making a choice between two futures for the HIV and AIDS epidemic: A remarkable, decades-long global effort has given us the capability to end AIDS as a public health threat.
Read MoreTuberculosis has now surpassed AIDS as the world’s leading infectious cause of death, and the so-called XDR strain is the ultimate in lethality. It is resistant to all four families of antibiotics typically used to fight the disease…
Read MoreIn a development that transforms the fight against Ebola, two experimental treatments are working so well that they will now be offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scientists announced on Monday.
Read MoreBALTIMORE, Md. – Earlier this month, the World Health Organization formally declared the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) after the first case was diagnosed in Goma, at the border of Rwanda.
Read MoreEvery year, the United Nations provides 10 million children suffering from acute malnutrition (“wasting”) with services they need to recover, including nutrition treatment, treatment of infections such as diarrheal diseases, hygiene and sanitation services, and access to clean water and the nutritious diets needed for healthy growth…
Read MoreEvangelical Christians are not just a voting bloc. And they're not all white, conservative and Republicans. One in four Americans identifies as evangelical, and the make-up of the church is becoming increasingly diverse.
Read MoreWith 10 years left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the world is not on track to meet Goal 2 of ending hunger and improving nutrition.
The international community is mobilizing to try to meet the goal, but different groups working on the issue do not always have the same approach…
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