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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Research
We champion research, innovation and learning.
Blog posts
We’re known for our expertise in implementing needs-based and principled life-saving interventions in response to humanitarian crises. Get the latest expert opinion from our team.
When communication falters, progress halts
Papa El Hadji Keba Cire Toure, Elisabeth Morse and Lily-may Hudson, Master of Public Health students at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, reflect on the hidden cost of global health buzzwords.
Community-led selection of villages
Lenka Blanarova, Head of Nutrition at Action Against Hunger, shares the lessons learnt from the village selection process for the second phase of Boolo Xeex Xibon project in Senegal.
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.
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26.5 million
people reached
Our life-saving programmes helped 26.5 million people around the world in 2024.
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57
countries
We tackle life-threatening hunger in 57 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.
