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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Action Against Hunger's programs are sustainable because of our commitment to community participation—to build local capacity and harnesses a population's energy and resources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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Action Against Hunger occupies a unique place among international organizations: our expertise encompasses emergency relief, longer-term development, and the terrain in between.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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Hunger and AIDS: A Devastating Combination
Action Against Hunger releases a World AIDS Day dossier on their research into the treatment of hunger and AIDS
December 1, 2005
New York, NY — In recognition of World AIDS Day, the international aid organization Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim or ACF) has released a report highlighting the connection between AIDS and hunger.

The report focuses both on ways that hunger and malnutrition can affect those infected with HIV/AIDS, and the different forms of hunger and malnutrition that HIV/AIDS can leave in its wake. Emphasizing the approaches that ACF has been taking to address both issues, the report is unique in its focus on this new way of looking at both hunger and HIV.

ACF Report: Detailing How Hunger and AIDS Interact

The report's key findings on hunger and AIDS are the following:

  • The necessity of nutrition and an adequate diet when treating HIV/AIDS.
  • The effects that HIV/AIDS can have on agricultural production.
  • The effects that HIV/AIDS can have on food distribution, especially for the children.
  • The ways that targeted, culturally sensitive programs can make a difference in education and food distribution.
Download the Full ACF Report [327 KB]

"The onset of HIV/AIDS has marked a new chapter in the treatment of malnutrition," affirms ACF Executive Director Cathy Skoula. "We cannot ignore the devastating effects these two afflictions have on each other, and must treat both simultaneously in order to break free of their destructive cycle."

ACF's RESPONSE TO AIDS

A key challenge for ACF is to improve the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in Africaand in sub-Saharan Africa in particular, where HIV and AIDS is prevalent.

ACF's strategies to date:

  • Focus nutrition, health, and food security programs on better living standards for those infected with HIV/AIDS
  • Integrate nutrition as a basic component in the treatment of HIV/AIDS (along with antiretrovirals)
  • Encourage the training and involvement of community leaders and people affected by HIV/AIDS in awareness and prevention activities.
  • Developing strategies to mitigate the negative effects of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and family finances.
  • Monitor the relationship between AIDS and hunger

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF), an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families, provides sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. For nearly three decades, ACF has pursued its vision of a world without hunger by combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity.

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Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
Direct: 212-967-7800 x108
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