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    Breaking the cycle

    Despite the development gains of the last few decades and a planet capable of feeding us all, hunger and malnutrition remain the number one risk to health globally.

    Children walk over agricultural land in Tselmti woreda. Nothing is growing in the current drought. Ethiopia/Feb. 2016 Credit: David Hunn
    Children walk over agricultural land in Tselmti woreda. Nothing is growing in the current drought. Ethiopia/Feb. 2016 Credit: David Hunn

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    Administrators of the WASH Management Committee in Mande village, Manono, Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Catherine Trautes / Concern Worldwide.
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    Knowledge Matters – DRC WASH Consortium

    This issue of Knowledge Matters captures the experiences and learning from the WASH Consortium, lead by Concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    20-year-old Fatuma Mohamed and husband Abdulahi Osman (25) with their two boys - Yusuf, who is only three-and-a-half weeks old, and Mohamed (2½). Photographer: Peter Caton
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    A review of community-centred early warning early action systems

    Not all emergencies happen quickly. Some food crises, like those related to drought or conflict for example, take hold over time.

    Esperence Mutetiwabo and her two-year-old daughter Delphine collect amaranth leaves in Burundi. Photo: Chris de Bode/Panos Pictures for Concern Worldwide.
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    14 December 2018

    Leaving no one behind in the fight against malnutrition

    This report looks at DFID’s nutrition-relevant ODA disbursements from 2013–2016 and maps them against the global burden of malnutrition. 

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