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    Breaking the cycle

    2 February 2017Concern Worldwide

    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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    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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