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4 December 2012

WFP Concerned About Food Security In Syria

DAMASCUS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that the recent escalation of violence in Syria is making it more difficult to reach the country’s hardest-hit areas and that food insecurity is on the rise due to bread shortages and higher food prices in many parts of the country. High prices are also affecting neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees.

Food Security Analysis

3 December 2012

Joint Report Highlights Gains In Food Security In Iraq

BAGHDAD – A new report by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Iraq shows that the number of Iraqis who are food insecure has decreased by more than quarter of a million compared to 2007.

Hunger in the news

3 December 2012

WFP Welcomes Arrival Of $15 Million Shipment Of US Wheat For Yemen's Hungry Poor

SANA’A – The United Nations World Food Program today welcomed the docking at Hodeidah Port of the bulk carrier Liberty Glory, which has started to unload 17,000 metric tons of wheat donated by the United States and destined to feed hundreds of thousands of Yemen’s hungry poor.

Hunger in the news

30 November 2012

Hunger Season Bites Across Southern Africa As Millions Face Prospect Of Food Shortages

JOHANNESBURG – Working with governments and partners, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up efforts to deliver food assistance to more than 3.5 million people in drought-hit areas of southern Africa. Among the worst affected countries are Malawi, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. Communities already struggling to feed their families are now bracing for the onset of the so-called hunger season that traditionally lasts from December until harvest time in March.

Fight Against HIV/AIDS

30 November 2012

Nutrition In HIV Treatment And Care Slows Down HIV

From WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin

ROME –This World AIDS Day (1 December) we are observing unprecedented results in the prevention and treatment of HIV. Access to adequate and nutritious food for a person living with HIV to respond well to antiretroviral treatment (ART) is essential. As one of the eleven co-sponsors of UNAIDS, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has played a major role in providing food and nutrition support to affected populations, lending to the welcome slow-down in the HIV epidemic that has claimed far too many lives over the past few years.

28 November 2012

Funds Needed To Maintain UNHAS Flights For Pressing Humanitarian Needs In Central African Republic

BANGUI – The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), run by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR), is facing a critical shortfall in funding and will have to cut back services by half if no resources are received in the next few weeks.

Hunger in the news

23 November 2012

WFP Distributes Food To 81,000 People Displaced By Recent Clashes In North Kivu

KINSHASA –The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing vital food assistance to roughly 81,000 displaced people who have taken refuge in and around Goma, amid the ongoing unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hunger in the news

22 November 2012

Rising Prices Trigger Increased Food Insecurity Among Kyrgyzstan's Poorest

BISHKEK – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today its monthly food price monitoring for the Kyrgyz Republic has revealed that wheat flour prices across the country have doubled between June and October.

Hunger in the news

21 November 2012

WFP Distributes Food Assistance In Gaza

GAZA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) began on Tuesday to distribute food to 30,000 people at six sites in Gaza– part of its regular monthly programme to 285,000 vulnerable people in the Gaza Strip. The UN food agency is also supplying wheat flour to bakeries for the provision of free bread to people who lost their homes in areas affected by the recent violent events.

Hunger in the news

21 November 2012

WFP Warns Of Funding Shortage In Madagascar Ahead Of Cyclone Season

ANTANANARIVO - The World Food Programme in Madagascar issued an alert today, warning that it has been unable to pre-position sufficient quantities of relief food in critical cyclone-prone zones ahead of the cyclone season due to a lack of donor funding.