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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger

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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger (UAMH) is an alliance pressing the UK Government and politicians of all parties for global action on malnutrition and hunger, which is the cause of 45% of deaths of children under 5.

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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Three years into war in Sudan, nearly 29 million people face hunger, including almost 12 million children. Emergency therapeutic food can save lives now. We welcome UK Government support to Sudanese responders, but far more funding is needed. Jonny Oates on @PetrieHosken @TalkTV
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Challenges! Progress! Opportunities! How can we accelerate the fight against global malnutrition? One year after Nutrition for Growth, & ahead of the Global Partnerships Conference, these were the themes at @APPGNutrition & ICAN (UK) reception.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Malnutrition is the biggest killer of children under five. But, today, we are celebrating the nutrition champions working to change that. Huge thanks to all who came to the APPG Nutrition & ICAN UK reception. Investing in nutrition gives every child the chance to thrive.🌍✨
Five smiling professionals in formal attire standing before UNICEF and United Against Malnutrition & Hunger banners.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
For every $1 invested in nutrition, $23 is returned through better health & productivity. The Child Nutrition Fund can multiply UK ODA sixfold, thanks to additional philanthropic & private sector contributions. Our Expert Adviser Finian Ali sees it working in Nigeria.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Nutrition “is the foundation everything else rests on, good health, strong economies and resilient communities,” as Chris Elmore said at last night’s @APPG and ICAN reception.   Huge thanks also to David Mundell and @steveracemp.bsky.social  for speaking, and for everyone who came along.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Out now! 📣 What do deficiencies cause? What can leaders do to help?   Read Nutrients Essential to Child Growth & Development. Preface by our CEO, Jonny Oates. @lshtm.bsky.social, & @rothamsted.bsky.social  uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Which nutrients do all children need?  Created with the @anhacademy.bsky.social, @lshtm.bsky.social, & @rothamsted.bsky.social  Foreword by Dr Germana Leyna, Director, Tanzania Food & Nutrient Centre. uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Out now!🌱 Your simple guide to the Nutrients Essential to Child Growth & Development. Created with the @anhacademy.bsky.social , @lshtm.bsky.social , & @rothamsted.bsky.social  uamh.uk/resources/nutrients-essenti…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
British science is driving cutting‑edge innovations to improve nutrition worldwide. Discover how global partnerships are transforming food systems, benefiting everyone.   Read more: uamh.uk/showcasing-british-science-…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Investing in nutrition research is vital. UK scientists collaborating in equitable partnerships are producing solutions to prevent millions suffering from malnutrition. This research can build a more food-secure, stable world. #BritishScienceWeek #FoodSecurity @lshtm.bsky.social
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Malnutrition & hunger are rising as the global food system faces growing pressure from conflict, climate change, & economic shocks. British research is vital to food security—driving innovation & delivering shared benefits for the UK and the world. #BritishScienceWeek @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Prepare to be inspired!   Read our interview with @DrSimasamar, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Former Minister for Women in the Afghan government, nutrition advocate, and our Expert Adviser.   An outspoken activist determined to make women’s voices heard.   #InternationalWomensDay bit.ly/4l8oyFa
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Hunger & conflict are locked in a deadly cycle. War decimates food security, its production & availability. The desperation of hunger propels instability. Our Special Adviser @rohyakobi.bsky.social reports that the current Iran conflict is worsening chronic hunger in Afghanistan. #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
An appalling reality is that hunger causes child marriage. Our Co-Chair Lyn Brown recalls a Somalian girl. Zala escaped marriage to a man. Her friends did not. Today 6.5m people in Somalia are hungry. Our Gov must protect nutrition in the ODA budget. #InternationalWomensDay
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Leaders of UK institutions pioneering research into nutrition urge the Government to sustain investment in their work.   Malnutrition drives instability, migration, & conflict.   Solutions to it deliver benefits here & abroad.   #BritishScienceWeek @theguardian.com  bit.ly/4rgLKCO
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thank you, David Mundell, for stressing the value of the Child Nutrition Fund. As a long-standing nutrition champion, he understands the Fund is an effective way to improve the lives of millions of women & children.   Nutrition is vital to child development. @APPGNutrition
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Good nutrition underpins healthier populations, stronger educational outcomes & greater economic prosperity, helping to promote peace and stability. The UK’s world-leading science & research community is driving innovation to tackle malnutrition. #BritishScienceWeek @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The UK’s world-leading universities and research institutions perform a pivotal role, driving progress against global malnutrition and hunger.   They are strengthening food security and stability for all.   #BritishScienceWeek #FoodSecurity #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
As conflict intensifies in Sudan, half a million hungry children may not survive.   Thank you for highlighting this tragedy @monicaharding.bsky.social    Malnutrition is the biggest killer of under-5s & damages survivors.   Leaders, please act now to save lives & protect the future. #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
We are delighted to welcome Dr Sima Samar as an Expert Adviser. Nobel Peace Prize nominee, renowned human rights advocate & influential global figure dedicated to public service, humanitarian work & women’s empowerment. #Afghanistan #SDG2 #globalhealth   uamh.uk/team/dr-sima-sama
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Welcome @FinianAli, who can now add UAMH Expert Adviser to his considerable achievements. An inspiring nutrition advocate, migration scholar, & development research fellow from Nigeria. @SUNCSN @SUNYouthNetNig @CS_SUNN #SDG2 #ZeroHunger #FoodSecurity uamh.uk/team/finian-ali
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Reducing development funding is a false economy that will cost future taxpayers more. Malnutrition cuts learning, earning & prosperity. It drives global migration & instability. Instead, be strategic, urges our CEO @jonathanoates.bsky.social . He lays out the reasons why. #InvestInNutrition
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📢Our Year in Review is live - highlighting UAMH’s key milestones & reflections from 2025.   uamh.uk/our-year-in-review-uamhs-ke…   #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Joining UAMH’s Board is personal for Mykay Kamara. Find out why here.   uamh.uk/joining-uamh-is-personal-ou…
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Thank you, Lord Alton for highlighting the suffering in Sudan, where 11 million children are hungry, & hundreds of 1000s on the brink of death from malnutrition. An atrocity caused warlords fighting & blocking food supplies. The UK must do more. #SDG2 #ZeroHunger #Famine
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
A very important question, which we thank Lord Bates for raising. What is the humanitarian cost of the UK’s cut to ODA? Is it being evaluated? If cuts prevent access to food for civilian populations, how can that be compatible with our obligations under international law? #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Hunger in Nigeria is widespread & predicted to rise to 34.7 million people in 2026.   Yet it is a forgotten crisis, says Thierno Samba Diallo @ACF_Nigeria, giving expert evidence to the @CommonsIDC inquiry. We thank both for drawing attention to this suffering. #ZeroHunger #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We thank @CommonsIDC for holding its inquiry on UK’s Development Partnership with Nigeria, where Camilla Higgins @INGOforum_ng spoke.   In 2026, 35M people in Nigeria face hunger, equivalent to 1/2 the UK’s population. Imagine that. #InvestInNutrition to improve global security.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Thank you, Mary Dinah @zerohungeraid, for being an expert witness at @CommonsIDC inquiry.   In Nigeria, severe acute malnutrition affects 10% of under-fives & 12% of infants under 24 months.   Malnutrition must be treated because nutrition is foundational to development. #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A glimmer of good news! Thank you for asking this important question @BaggyShanker Malnutrition causes 45% of the deaths of under-fives & 20% of maternal deaths worldwide. It wreaks misery & fuels instability. People in Gaza must have access to nutrition. #ZeroHunger #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Good question @DavidMundellDCT @APPGNutrition  Stretched ODA makes the Child Nutrition Fund vital. A financing partnership pioneered by the UK with @UNICEF @CIFFchild & @gatesfoundation, it boosts UK development funding to improve the lives of millions of children. #N4G #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Conflict & are locked in a deadly cycle. That’s the grim reality driving famine in Sudan today.    Powerfully described by Baroness Anelay.    It is a difficult listen. But we need to know.    #Famine #SDG2 #ZeroHunger
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Well said @BaronessGoudie. In Sudan, women & children are starving because food is being used as a weapon of war. Antenatal supplements & emergency therapeutic food would limit the perpetrators' impact on the next generation. #InvestInNutrition
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Food is the present & the future.   Yet funding for famine-hit Sudan is short, says @jonny_oates   Not enough for infants' emergency therapeutic food. Not enough for smallholder farmers to restore food production.   #InvestmentInNutrition saves lives now & beckons a better tomorrow.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Our CEO @jonny_oates leads the UAMH alliance, which works towards a world where no child dies of malnutrition. Proven, cost-effective Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food pulls young children back from the brink of starvation.   It is unconscionable that this is being denied #ZeroHunger
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Thank you, The Lord Bishop of Leeds, for laying out the staggering suffering in Sudan, where 25-30 million people are hungry & 16 million children need aid. What is the Government’s assessment of this humanitarian situation, he asks. #Famine #Sudan #SDG2 @savethechildrenuk
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We bring people together who want a world where everyone has nutrition to survive & contribute to prosperous, stable communities. Huge thanks to the brilliant speakers & contributors at the launch of our report. Esteemed Agenda Setters & Nutrition Champions! Photo credit: robin_niedojadlo
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
📢Huge debts damage development & generations by making malnutrition much worse. Our report Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop has practical solutions to break the link. Here's our CEO @jonny_oates talking to @IanpayneLBC @LBC on launch day. #DebtAndHunger #SDG2
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Launching today on uamh.uk! Malnutrition traps 100s of millions in poverty. Surging debt repayments are making it much worse. Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop exposes the problem & shows how debt can be transformed into a tool for growth. #DebtAndHunger
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
There is famine in Sudan, where food is being used as a weapon of war - an utterly desperate emergency highlighted by @AnnelieseDodds. Blocking food aid is against International Humanitarian Law. The UK must lead the way in upholding the law & advocate strongly for compliance.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Debt soars. Nutrition services shrink. That’s happening in low-income countries right now. Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop shows how to change debt into a tool to improve child nutrition. Polling reveals public support for action. Published tomorrow.  @jonny_oates
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Tomorrow, we publish Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop.  Our analysis of 9 LMICs reveals rising debt fuels hunger by shrinking nutrition services.  It offers practical solutions - and we’re thrilled @aoteh will Chair the launch event. Stay tuned #DebtAndHunger
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Global malnutrition has soared, driving poverty and unrest. The UK can lead change by protecting nutrition ODA and supporting fair debt reform. Launching 12 November: @UnitedAMH’s Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop. See more at uamh.uk #DebtAndHunger
A young child stands outdoors, looking directly at the camera. Text highlights the UK Government's role in protecting nutrition aid and supporting fair debt reform, with a report launching on November 12th.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Growth - isn’t that what we want? Every US$1 invested in nutrition returns US$23. Debt reform that supports global nutrition is smart economics. @UnitedAMH’s report Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop launches 12 November on uamh.uk. #DebtAndHunger
Three smiling children in red uniforms eat from plates in a cafeteria. Text highlights the impact of nutrition investment on economic growth.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Thank you @EdwardMorelloWD, for leading this debate on Planned Reductions in Official Development Assistance in International Development.   The timing of cuts is terrible. They come as global need is rising, and many millions of children are suffering unimaginably from hunger.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In 2023, low- and middle-income countries spent over US$400 billion on debt repayments - more than on health and education. This fuels hunger and malnutrition. @UnitedAMH’s report Debt and Malnutrition: Ending the Doom Loop launches 12 November on uamh.uk. #DebtAndHunger
A group of people in colorful attire gather outdoors near a table. Text highlights debt servicing costs surpassing health budgets in low-income countries.
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Malnutrition costs up to 10% of GDP in affected countries, draining economies and futures. Debt repayments are swallowing budgets that should feed children. Watch out for the UAMH report on how to break this doom loop to be published 12 November #DebtAndHunger
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Well said @Lord_Collins Nutrition is foundational to the development of every human being’s body, brain & immunity. That makes nutrition foundational to economic development. To growth! To jobs! That’s why addressing malnutrition is required for real change. #ZeroHunger #WorldFoodDay
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
As our CEO @jonny_oates said in #WorldFoodDay's Starvation as a Weapon of War Debate, hunger & conflict are locked in a deadly cycle. Conflict causes food insecurity. Food insecurity causes instability. UK ODA investment in nutrition can help break this cycle #FoodSecurity
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United Against Malnutrition & Hunger @unitedamh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Thank you @lynbrownmp for tabling this important #WorldFoodDay debate.  Starvation is being used as a weapon of war. Children are innocent victims of this outrage & suffer terribly.  Malnutrition is the biggest killer of under 5s.  International Humanitarian Law must be upheld.
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