29 countries worldwide extremely hungry
BY EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE
Twenty-nine countries have levels of hunger that are alarming or extremely alarming, says the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released today.
The report, co-authored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, both international NGOs, says among the world’s regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa continue to suffer from the highest levels of hunger, stressing that “these results represent extreme suffering for millions of people.”
“Most of the countries with ‘alarming’ GHI scores are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,” it states.
According to the 54-page Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2010 report; “Twenty-nine countries still have levels of hunger that are ‘extremely alarming’ or ‘alarming,’” adding that “The countries with “extremely alarming” 2010 GHI scores – Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eritrea – are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Apart from the fact that the four countries experiencing extremely alarming hunger are all from Africa, a large chunk of nations classified as experiencing alarming hunger are also from Africa.
Numbering 19 out of the total of 25 countries in that category, the African countries are; Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Central Africa Republic, Angola, Sudan and Ethiopia.
The rest are Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland, the Comoros and Madagascar.
For Asia, the countries experiencing alarming hunger are India, Nepal, Bangladesh and, Bhutan, whereas the Yemen Republic, Cambodia and Haiti make up the rest.
The precarious situation of the 29 countries, according to the report, is due to conflict and instability in those countries, the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, as well as high inequality among others.
The report bases its definition of hunger on three equally weighted indicators, which are, the proportion of undernourished as a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the population with insufficient dietary energy intake); the prevalence of underweight in children under the age of five (indicating the proportion of children suffering from low weight for their age); and the mortality rate of children under the age of five (partially reflecting the fatal synergy between inadequate dietary intake and unhealthy environments).
Twenty-nine countries have levels of hunger that are alarming or extremely alarming, says the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released today.
The report, co-authored by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, both international NGOs, says among the world’s regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa continue to suffer from the highest levels of hunger, stressing that “these results represent extreme suffering for millions of people.”
“Most of the countries with ‘alarming’ GHI scores are in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia,” it states.
According to the 54-page Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2010 report; “Twenty-nine countries still have levels of hunger that are ‘extremely alarming’ or ‘alarming,’” adding that “The countries with “extremely alarming” 2010 GHI scores – Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Eritrea – are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Apart from the fact that the four countries experiencing extremely alarming hunger are all from Africa, a large chunk of nations classified as experiencing alarming hunger are also from Africa.
Numbering 19 out of the total of 25 countries in that category, the African countries are; Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger, Central Africa Republic, Angola, Sudan and Ethiopia.
The rest are Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Rwanda, Swaziland, the Comoros and Madagascar.
For Asia, the countries experiencing alarming hunger are India, Nepal, Bangladesh and, Bhutan, whereas the Yemen Republic, Cambodia and Haiti make up the rest.
The precarious situation of the 29 countries, according to the report, is due to conflict and instability in those countries, the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, as well as high inequality among others.
The report bases its definition of hunger on three equally weighted indicators, which are, the proportion of undernourished as a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the population with insufficient dietary energy intake); the prevalence of underweight in children under the age of five (indicating the proportion of children suffering from low weight for their age); and the mortality rate of children under the age of five (partially reflecting the fatal synergy between inadequate dietary intake and unhealthy environments).
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