Mobilizing to End Child Hunger

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Source: VOA

Ending child hunger is the goal of a meeting here in Washington Monday. Government officials, nutrition and health experts and members of civil society from around the world are promoting the 1,000 Days Partnership. The goal is to save the lives of millions of children.

“The 1,000 Days Partnership is really a call to action to address this issue. It was launched in September 2010 by Secretary Clinton to really focus international attention on the 1,000 days, which is really the window of opportunity from the time a woman gets pregnant to the time a child is age two,” said U.S. Under Secretary of State Maria Otero.

We know what to do

The science and know-how exist, she said, to end child hunger. Otero added when children go hungry the effects are widespread and long-lasting.

“The figures are really quite striking. Globally, we know that about 200 million suffer from chronic undernutrition. And every year we see that undernutrition can cost up to three and a half million child deaths. This reality is unacceptable,” she said.

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