For the second consecutive year, the region must prepare for a major food and nutrition crisis in 2021. The March update indicates that 27.1 million people might need...
Tens of millions of people across 43 countries are on the edge of starvation, facing 'emergency' and 'catastrophe' levels of hunger, as measured on the internationally recognized Integrated Food Security Phase Classification scale, which provides information on levels of food insecurity and malnutrition.
The country profiles on this page provide examples of countries that have large populations facing such conditions, and where WFP is carrying out its life-saving work.
| Year of publication | |
| Geographic coverage | YemenSudanSouth SudanAfghanistanMadagascar |
| Originally published | 07 Dec 2021 |
| Related organisation(s) | WFP - World Food Programme |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Food security and food crises |Famine |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | hungerfood securitymalnutritionhumanitarian aid |
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