Hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Astonishing Truth Behind Starvation

Currently in sub-Saharan Africa, children under 5 died of AIDS and starvation every 5 seconds, and more than 90% suffered from chronic malnutrition. (World Health Organization) If measles vaccine price is less than 1 dollar, measles will take the life of the boy almost every minute. (WHO, World Health Organization) "Things are progressing in the wrong direction," Marc Cohen (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington) said. "If we consider the sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, all predictions show that poverty and hunger will deteriorate."

According to a report issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization, starvation and malnutrition kills nearly 6 million children every year, and the number of sub-Saharan Africa malnourished people has exceeded the 1990s. In sub-Saharan Africa, "the state of food insecurity in the world" reported that the number of malnourished population increased from 144 million in 10 years ago to 230.5 million in 2000-2002 . In 2001, 46.4% of people in sub-Saharan Africa were in extreme poverty. According to the 2004 BBC article, China is the most populous country in the world suffering from "obesity". This article pointed out that "A total of about 200 million people are overweight, 22.8% of the population and 60 million (7.1%) obesity." According to recent data, China 's grain production peaked in the mid - 1990s due to the increase in groundwater harvest in the northern China plain.

Sub-Saharan Africa is also a hotbed of chronic hunger due to extreme poverty. According to the definition of FAO, people suffer from chronic hunger if the daily long-term energy intake is less than the energy required for a healthy and active life. The lower limit is 1,800 calories a day on average. According to this measure, 227.7 million people in Africa are hungry. The countries most affected by Africa's extreme poverty and hunger are mainly sub-Saharan countries. One in four suffers from starvation - this means that the proportion of the world's hungry population is highest in sub-Saharan Africa

Many parts of Africa are affected by hunger and extreme poverty. In 2009, 22 of the 24 countries certified as "low development" by the United Nations human development index were located in sub-Saharan Africa. In many countries, GDP per capita is less than $ 200 per year, and the majority of the population lives on less than $ 1 a day. The Africa Millennium Development Goals Committee focuses on three key issues: improving agricultural productivity, developing infrastructure, and creating nutrition and school meal programs. The main objective is to double food production by 2012, to halve the proportion of people who can not afford adequate water and sanitation facilities, and to provide universal access to key nutrients Including