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Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa

Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa. What is a Famine?. A severe shortage of food, generally affecting a large area and large numbers of people. Famines leads to Malnutrition and Starvation.

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Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa

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  1. Famine, Starvation, & Malnutrition in Africa

  2. What is a Famine? • A severe shortage of food, generally affecting a large area and large numbers of people.

  3. Famines leads to Malnutrition and Starvation • Malnutrition is when a person is not eating enough calories or not eating the right (healthy) kinds of foods. • Starvation is severe malnutrition and the person is in danger of dying.

  4. But what does a famine look like?

  5. This child is being checked for malnutrition with a MUAC bracelet

  6. Human causes of Famine • Wars & Civil Wars • Displacement & Refugees • Deliberate crop destruction

  7. Environmental causes of Famine • Drought / lack of rain • Floods • Earthquakes • Insect plagues • Plant Disease

  8. Who is most at risk to die during a Famine? • Mostly children under two • Young Children or adolescents • Pregnant or nursing mothers • Elderly • Chronically ill

  9. So what’s being done about it? • Organizations like Doctors Without Borders, the UN, UNICEF, WHO, and other countries are working to relieve famine in Africa.

  10. Women get in line at 6am to receive food from “Doctors Without Borders”

  11. Others pass out bags of foodto hungry people

  12. MSF and Plumpy’Doz • Plumpy’Doz is a ready-to-eat food give out by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) • Children under the age of three get three tablespoons • There is also Plumpy’nut – a therapeutic food to help malnourished children

  13. This girl eats Plumpy’nut

  14. This women receives a months worth of Plumpy’Doz

  15. This child is gaining weight do to the aid he receives from MSF

  16. Take a moment to reflect on the images of suffering you have seen. Now answer the following question: What can be done to ease the suffering of starving Africans?

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