Publications

Water and Sanitation Assessment, Ayeyarwaddy, Myanmar, Feb. 2008

ACF's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Policy

In its fight against hunger and malnutrition, the Action Against Hunger International Network (ACF-IN) pursues Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) activities that emphasize both treatment—water as a tool in curing acute malnutrition—and prevention—with public health, livelihood, and environmental resource concerns. This paper establishes ACF's positioning and course of action for the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene sector and serves as a platform for contributing towards a technical strategy for the sector.

The Right to Water: Emergence, Definition, Current Situation, and Stakeholder Positions

The concept of the “Right to Water” has emerged over the past few years, emphasizing a human-centered approach to meeting basic needs among vulnerable populations. The concept's scope gathered momentum in 2002 when the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) adopted General Comment No. 15, which, for the first time, recognized the right to Water as a fundamental human right.

The Human Right to Water: An ACF Positioning Paper

This ACF positioning paper consolidates and clarifies ACF’s approach to water, sanitation, and hygiene through a comprehensive understanding of the UN's Human Right to Water (HRTW). This was undertaken to increase the impact and sustainability of ACF’s programs in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, and to use the HRTW as an advocacy tool in the service of saving lives by combating hunger and disease amongst vulnerable groups.

Water and HIV: Working for Positive Solutions

A striking relationships exists between the HIV pandemic and the impact of inadequate water and sanitation resources. Infectious diseases stemming from poor sanitation and contaminated water sources complicate malnutrition and illness; for those with HIV, the impact and risk is even greater. Yet, as outlined in this report, Action Against Hunger’s ongoing research and field work offer a range of proven, cost-effective solutions.

Local Voices: A Community Perspective On HIV and Hunger in Zambia

This report documents the findings of Local Voices, a six month research project that provided HIV orphans, vulnerable children and their caretakers with the opportunity to voice the difficulties they face providing food, water and healthcare for their families. Through detailed interviews and discussions, the project carried out a dialogue with 20 families from four areas of Zambia.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Manual for Populations at Risk

An instructional manual for both emergency and development settings, this authoritative book condenses ACF’s three decades of expertise in extending water and sanitation improvements to populations in need.
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Research for the Most-at-Risk

Scientific research at Action against Hunger tackles the operational needs which arise in the field. It produces tools and methods to be used in highquality and sustainable actions. Research includes carryng out studies, capitalisation, dissemination and valorisation of know-how towards missions and local partners.

Hunger and HIV: From Food Crisis to Integrated Care

As part of a humanitarian effort to address the AIDS pandemic, Action Against Hunger works to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable communities. HIV has complicated the treatment of severe malnutrition, challenging traditional approaches and requiring substantial investments in field-based research. This publication makes an important contribution to understanding the linkages between HIV/AIDS and hunger by highlighting Action Against Hunger's vital research in Malawi.

Beyond Any Drought

Commissioned by the Sahel Working Group –- a network of high-profile international agencies including Oxfam, the British Red Cross, CARE International, Save the Children, and Action Against Hunger -- this report examines how vulnerability is understood and addressed in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. Concerned that the specifics of the 2005 food crisis have obscured its persistent underlying causes, this report calls for smarter assistance if cyclical emergencies are to be overcome in the Sahel.

Women and Hunger: Women play a central role in the fight against hunger

As the principal providers for families around the world, women are key partners in the struggle to end hunger and agencies must incorporate such realities into the very design of their humanitarian programs.

The Justice of Eating: The Struggle for Food and Dignity in Recent Humanitarian Crises

An assessment of hunger in several African case studies, this book weaves personal testimonies into a a powerful indictment of the institutions, structures, and processes that account for the persistence of hunger today.

Darfur

After a career in banking, Stéphanie Rivoal joined Action Against Hunger in northern Sudan in 2005 where she documented in stunning photographic detail the complexities that underlie the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

Misère urbaine: la faim cachée

Five Agence VU photographers visited ACF’s programs to give photographic voice to the phenomenon of urban hunger, creating a startling companion piece to ACF’s study on urban hunger, La faim dans les villes...

La faim dans les villes

Urban demographics are explosive and set to grow by 100,000 people a day for the next 30 years, promising an upswing in urban hunger, a phenomenon with its own dynamics. This important assessment presents studies of urban hunger in the D.R. Congo, Haiti, Argentina, and Liberia.

Regards sur le monde: Les visages de la faim

A group of notable Agence VU photographers give artful testimony to the contexts in which ACF works, documenting the daily struggles for life and dignity that confront so many communities around the world.

The Geopolitics of Hunger, 2001-02: Hunger and Power

Combining the concrete experience of ACF’s field staff with solid academic research, this page-turning study and indictment of the status quo is sure to capture the imagination of any activist or student of world affairs.

Assessment and Treatment of Malnutrition in Emergency Situations

Intended for those with significant medical training, this manual combines ACF’s proven field expertise with the latest scientific insights to create an indispensable guide for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition.

Souffles du monde: un autre regard sur l’humanitaire

Eleven renowned photographers take an intimate tour of ACF’s field programs where each reconstructs an alternate vision of global humanitarian efforts through the urgency of the stories and portraits captured on film.

The Geopolitics of Hunger, 1998-99: Hunger as a Weapon

Action Against Hunger’s flagship publication investigates the uses of hunger as a political instrument. This volume also offers inspiring examples of ACF’s field programs that deliver lasting solutions to global hunger.