Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Key messages: CHAPTER 1 - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2.1: UNDERNOURISHMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY Hunger in the Arab States reached its highest value in 2022...

Key Messages: Global hunger, measured by the prevalence of undernourishment (SDG Indicator 2.1.1), affected between 691 and 783 million people in the world in 2022, 122 million...

Highlights: The Global Action Plan on Child Wasting called upon the World Health Organization (WHO) to create updated guidance for governments in preventing and managing child wasting...

Highlights: The Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME) released in 2023 reveal insufficient progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and...

Hunger and food insecurity have continued to increase in the Arab region due to various factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1 of this report will present the...

Highlights This report provides a retrospective analysis of the effect of the drought on population mortality in 2022 and offers forecasts based on different scenarios for the first 6 months of 2023. The...

This report presents the latest updates related to food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores...

The picture in Asia and the Pacific continues to deteriorate and the region is significantly off track towards achievement of the Targets 2.1 and 2.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Urgent systemic and sectoral...

KEY MESSAGES After remaining virtually unchanged for five years, the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 – reaching a level...

The past few decades have seen dramatic improvements in the region in access to food, as well as reduction in stunting rates and in premature death and disability caused by communicable, maternal...