African governments must acknowledge the universal right to diverse and nutritious food if they are to end malnutrition. Five projects show how this can be done.
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A country of plenty like Australia should be able to ensure no one is denied their right to adequate food. But food insecurity is on the rise, and we aren’t even properly monitoring the problem.
Removing a pre-existing right like cancelling the school nutrition programme is a retrogressive measure, and should only be done under very specific circumstances.
Kenya’s urban poor lack enough food and the little they can afford is often unsafe and of poor nutritional value.
Hunger affects people’s health. It also affects their dignity and their ability to live full and productive lives.
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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African Population and Health Research Center
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