Through our research and innovation, we are developing better ways to anticipate, prevent, and treat malnutrition so that more children can lead healthy and productive lives and more communities can be free from hunger. Our approach marries science with pragmatism – providing us with the nuts and bolts required to create tangible change, even in the most difficult contexts.
Our diverse portfolio and initiatives, which are intentionally and explicitly fit-for-purpose, aim to achieve the standard of evidence necessary for action on critical issues, while abiding by fundamentally strict ‘do no harm’ principles.
To accomplish this goal, we:
Action Against Hunger has been at the forefront of global hunger research for 45 years, piloting innovative new approaches and tools to improve children’s health and address the root causes of hunger.
Three main workstreams guide our research activities, ensuring synergy across all our sectors of intervention: preventing undernutrition, treating undernutrition, and anticipating nutritional risk.
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