Portrait of Emily, an Action Against Hunger staff member in Kenya.

Knowledge Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger provides high-quality technical and operational support. We have contributed to the development of revolutionary nutrition products and are known for our expertise in implementing needs-based and principled life-saving interventions in response to humanitarian crises.

Resource library

Knowledge Against Hunger is the home of all our technical, research, learning and strategic documents. Take a look through our publications here.
Action Against Hunger nutrition nurse in Kenya.

About us

Action Against Hunger is a world leader in the fight against malnutrition. For more than 40 years we’ve worked to end child hunger in situations of conflict, natural disaster and chronic food insecurity.

Malnutrition prevention training for community in Kenya.

Prevention and treatment of malnutrition

We provide high quality technical and operational support. We have helped to develop revolutionary nutrition therapeutic products and field-tested treatment protocols that have transformed policies.

Action Against Hunger community worker in Madagascar talking to family.

Assessments

Learn more about our expertise and the impact we’ve made with nutrition assessments such as coverage assessments, Link NCA and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Action Against Hunger staff members sitting together.

Research

We champion research, innovation and learning.

Action Against Hunger team at protest in Paris.

Advocacy

Our advocacy work drives policy and political change to end food insecurity and acute malnutrition; through our programmes across the world and our public engagement work.

Action Against Hunger worker training families in India.

Get support

Our Nutrition Assessment Team provides support tailored to your context and the capacity and experience of your team. Find out more about the support we offer and our ways of working.

Our global impact

We believe that everyone has the right to a life free from hunger, so we lead the fight against it by predicting, treating, and preventing its causes and consequences.
    Map of where Action Against Hunger worked in 2024.
  • 26.5 million

    people reached

    Our life-saving programmes helped 26.5 million people around the world in 2024.

  • 57

    countries

    We tackle life-threatening hunger in 57 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.