Two global hotspots are experiencing such severe hunger that famine is on the verge of breaking out in northern Gaza and is almost upon us in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people fighting to survive. The citizens of these two nations are not only plagued with violence leading to the gruesome death of loved ones but they are now susceptible to starvation. Another contributor to the increasing death rate.
That’s according to experts on food security and humanitarian organizations, who are alerting people to the consequences of hunger brought on by the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the crisis in Haiti brought on by criminal gangs targeting the nation’s most important government buildings.
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According to a report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, an organization that tracks hunger worldwide, almost all residents of Gaza are having difficulty obtaining enough food, and 1.1 million people, or half of the population, are anticipated to experience the highest level of severe hunger in the upcoming weeks. In the absence of an end to hostilities and quick access to basic supplies and services, the organization issued a recent warning that hunger may strike Gaza at any point between mid-March and May.
About 1.4 million people in Haiti are in Phase 5, the worst stage of hunger, and are in danger of becoming hungry. As a result, humanitarian organizations reported that over 4 million people in Haiti needed assistance getting food. The IPC created this scale of measurement to represent various degrees of hunger. A nonprofit organization called the IPC was founded in 2004 to fight the hunger that was occurring in Somalia at the time.
It happens when there is an acute food shortage in 20% of families, acute malnutrition affects 30% of children, and at least two adults or four children per 10,000 people perish each day from famine or the combined effects of malnutrition and illness.
