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Social Weather Stations (SWS) surveys show that in September 2020, after seven months of community quarantine, 31% of families reported experiencing hunger in the past 30 days, and 9% were suffering severe hunger—in both cases, the highest levels recorded in more than 20 years.
The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,600 islands. For two consecutive years, the Philippines has had the highest disaster risk worldwide due to its exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards compounded with low coping capacities.
Sep 18, 2021 · Around 30.3% of Filipino children under the age of five are stunted while 5.6% are wasted. To address this situation, the private sector launched The Hunger Project to help solve hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity in the country. RACE TO ZERO HUNGER
Mar 25, 2022 · the SWS found that 11.8% of Filipino families, or an estimated 3.0 million, experienced involuntary hunger – being hungry and not having anything to eat – at least once in the past three months.
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Philippines ranks 66 th out of the 125 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores. With a score of 14.8 in the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Philippines has a level of hunger that is moderate.
Apr 6, 2022 · A Philippine household needs to earn more than P12,082 a month to meet its members’ basic needs. —REUTERS FILE PHOTO. MANILA, Philippines—It was in 2021 when President Rodrigo Duterte said that while it’s easy to promise an end to hunger, the path to fulfilling it was not paved like an expressway.
Mar 4, 2021 · MANILA, 4 March 2021 – With the Philippines suffering from a triple burden of malnutrition together with other forms of undernutrition (including stunting and wasting), micronutrient deficiencies, along with overweight and obesity, the Department of Health (DOH), National Nutrition Council (NNC), FAO, WHO, and UNICEF jointly call upon the ...
Mar 25, 2022 · MANILA, Philippines — A total of 11.8 percent of Filipino families, or an estimated 3 million, experienced involuntary hunger in the last quarter of 2021, according to survey results released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Friday.
In the 2023 Global Hunger Index, Philippines ranks. 66th. out of the 125 countries with sucient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores. With a score of 14.8, Philippines has a level of hunger that is moderate.
Nov 21, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines – Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger slightly dropped from 10.4% in June to 9.8% in September, a new Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey found.
