Fighting Global Hunger

Somali mothers and children waiting for food from UNICEF feeding center in Wajid, a town in southern Somalia, April 13, 2000. Somalia has one of the highest infant and child mortality rates in the world for many diseases, including measles. Ali Musa/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

Last month, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Food Program (WFP) released a report titled “Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity.” The early warning report identified 18 hunger hotspots where acute food security is expected to further deteriorate in the coming months.