Action Against Hunger (French: Action Contre La Faim - ACF) is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and provides communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.In 2019, Action Against Hunger worked in 51 countries around the world with more than 6,000 employees and volunteers helping 13.6 million people in need.Action Against Hunger was established in 1979 by a group of French doctors, scientists, and writers. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alfred Kastler served as the organization's first chairman. Currently, Mumbai-based businessman and philanthropist Ashwini Kakkar serves as International President of Action Against Hunger network. The group initially provided assistance to Afghan refugees in Pakistan, famine-stricken Ugandan communities, and Cambodian refugees in Thailand. It expanded to address additional humanitarian concerns in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Balkans, and elsewhere during the 1980s and 1990s. Action Against Hunger's Scientific Committee pioneered the therapeutic milk formula (F100), now used by all major humanitarian aid organizations to treat acute malnutrition. Early results showed that treatment with F100 has the capacity to reduce the mortality rate of severely malnourished children to below 5%, with a median hospital fatality rate quoted of 23.5% A few years later, the therapeutic milk was repackaged as ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs), a peanut-based paste packaged like a power bar. These bars allow for the treatment of malnutrition at home and do not require any preparation or refrigeration.The international network currently has headquarters in six countries – France, Spain, the United States, Canada, Italy, the UK. Its four main areas of work include nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, and advocacy.
Despite the effectiveness of community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) in treating severe acute malnutrition (SAM), recent data show that up to 60
The new “Passerelle” program aims to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diet in France, by offering an untargeted cash transfer (CT) coupled with social guidance to households in precarious situations. Assess the feasibility of the program and data collection for monitoring indicators, to inform the design of a future trial to evaluate its effectiveness. Single-group pre-post-test feasibility study. The program was implemented in Montreuil (France) with households in precarious situations identified by local social actors. The feasibility of the program was assessed in terms of implementation of household targeting (number and socio-economic characteristics of participants), intervention components (participation rates), and user acceptability (questionnaire and qualitative survey). The feasibility of data collection was assessed by participation in surveys before inclusion (t0) and after 3 (t1) and 6 months (t2), response rates and responsiveness of food security and well-being indicators. Two hundred households took part in the program, 90
A major reason that climate change has become one of the most pressing issues influencing modern education systems is the need to develop new types of school leadership that will incorporate climate literacy, sustainability, and equity into daily activities. The chapter explores how schools can develop climate-literate communities through the integration of sustainability in curriculum, campus life, and school culture. It points out that there is a disproportionate application of climate education to the global community, the dangers of increasing inequalities, and the structural and political obstacles that limit school leaders. On the basis of global examples and framework implementation of SDG 4.7 and other UNESCO programs on Education and Sustainable Development initiatives, the chapter presents practical leadership policies that will promote equitable climate literacy, green school transformation, and community resilience. Finally, it proposes that education is not only susceptible to climate change but also in a strategic position to lead the climate change solutions.
Street food in Bangladesh is growing popularity due to its affordable prices and accessibility for consumers. Food safety is crucial for human health. In Bangladesh, this is becoming a growing concern as it affects both health and lifestyle. This survey was conducted at Khulna district, to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) level of street food consumers about food safety. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was employed, involving 600 street food consumers. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to determine the levels of KAP and identify associated factors. The knowledge score mean (SD) of consumer was 11.99 (2.76), attitude 18.44 (4.01), and practice 16.31 (4.71). Significant associations (p < 0.05) were observed among food safety knowledge and consumers age, education level, monthly income, smoking habits, and body mass index. Education level, frequency of eating, and body mass index were significantly associated (p < 0.05) with food safety attitudes. Notably, food safety practices were significantly associated (p <0.05) with education level, prior food safety knowledge, and body mass index. Despite a relatively high proportion of consumers 73.5% demonstrating good knowledge (>= 75%), only 18.2% exhibited positive attitude, and 14.2% practiced good food safety practice. These findings highlight a substantial gap between knowledge and its application in daily food safety practices. Educational attainment and BMI emerged as a significant factor influencing all three KAP components. By identifying these challenges, our study provides targeted insights for building treatments, such as educational campaigns, age-specific interventions, and community-based education on food safety, that could effectively bridge the knowledge-practice divide.
Purpose Several models of care are used in conflict-affected settings; however, existing guidance on service delivery in humanitarian settings primarily focuses on improving the delivery of services. There remains a crucial gap in providing guidance in the selection and use of models of care while considering key aspects of quality of care.Methods A co-creation approach was used involving various stakeholders to develop a framework and quality of care toolkit to support the selection of models of care used to deliver primary healthcare services in conflict-affected settings. A four-phase process was used. Findings from the first three phases will be published elsewhere. However, the four phases included: conducting a desk review and survey mapping models of care and humanitarian organisations, followed by in-depth interviews of organisations and focus group discussions with displaced populations. Further in-depth interviews were conducted exploring coverage and gaps in relation to seven domains of quality of care. Finally, two stakeholder workshops brought together humanitarian health experts and community representatives.Results The two co-creation workshops with 60 humanitarian, Ministry of Health, academic institutions and community representatives were organised in Cameroon and Nigeria from 31 May to 14 June 2023. Key outputs from the Cameroon workshop were the development and consensus on the advantages and disadvantages of each model of care and the development of a collection of guiding questions to assist in model of care selection. A key output from the Nigerian workshop was the development of a quality-of-care checklist.Conclusions This decision-making framework and quality toolkit can be used by programmers to guide model of care selection and use, while considering quality aspects. This decision-making framework and toolkit provide a structured and logical approach to model of care selection and can be refined and made accessible to others for widespread application.Trial registration number NCT05279105.
