Malnutrition among children under two years of age is one of the leading challenges to reducing global hunger and can cause lifelong harm to health, productivity, and earning potential, according to the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI).

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2010 Global Hunger Index
The Challenge of Hunger: Focus on the Crisis of Child Undernutrition
October 2010. IFPRI, Welthungerhilfe, and Concern Worldwide.

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Improve Child Nutrition to Reduce Global Hunger, Says New Global Hunger Index
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• Background Facts and Key Findings
• Facts and Findings: Asia
• Facts and Findings: Sub-Saharan Africa

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Caption: Mali, nutrition consulation for pregnant and breastfeeding women, 2008
Photo attribution: Philip Flämig/Welthungerhilfe

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