The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure

As scientists and members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) who have been Standing Together For Nutrition during recent crises, we use evidence of the impact of crises on nutrition to advocate for the people most affected. Now, in the face of the world's indifference, we are c...

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Autores principales: Osendarp, Saskia, Haddad, Lawrence, Fabrizio, Cecilia, Andridge, Caroline, Black, Robert E., Brown, Molly E., Bryan, Elizabeth, Campbell, Bruce M., D'Alimonte, Mary, Fanzo, Jessica, Headey, Derek D., Heidkamp, Rebecca, McCarter, Abbe, Menon, Purnima, Michaux, Kristina, Nordhagen, Stella, Silva, Lais Miachon, Verstraeten, Roosmarijn, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Formato: Opinion Piece
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176048
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author Osendarp, Saskia
Haddad, Lawrence
Fabrizio, Cecilia
Andridge, Caroline
Black, Robert E.
Brown, Molly E.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Campbell, Bruce M.
D'Alimonte, Mary
Fanzo, Jessica
Headey, Derek D.
Heidkamp, Rebecca
McCarter, Abbe
Menon, Purnima
Michaux, Kristina
Nordhagen, Stella
Silva, Lais Miachon
Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
author_browse Andridge, Caroline
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
Black, Robert E.
Brown, Molly E.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Campbell, Bruce M.
D'Alimonte, Mary
Fabrizio, Cecilia
Fanzo, Jessica
Haddad, Lawrence
Headey, Derek D.
Heidkamp, Rebecca
McCarter, Abbe
Menon, Purnima
Michaux, Kristina
Nordhagen, Stella
Osendarp, Saskia
Silva, Lais Miachon
Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
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Haddad, Lawrence
Fabrizio, Cecilia
Andridge, Caroline
Black, Robert E.
Brown, Molly E.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Campbell, Bruce M.
D'Alimonte, Mary
Fanzo, Jessica
Headey, Derek D.
Heidkamp, Rebecca
McCarter, Abbe
Menon, Purnima
Michaux, Kristina
Nordhagen, Stella
Silva, Lais Miachon
Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
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description As scientists and members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) who have been Standing Together For Nutrition during recent crises, we use evidence of the impact of crises on nutrition to advocate for the people most affected. Now, in the face of the world's indifference, we are compelled to speak out about the horrifying human-made famine unfolding in Gaza and other conflict areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. Widespread starvation is deliberately used as a weapon of war,10 at a scale that we never thought possible. It is a moral failure that in 2025 more than 1·2 million people are living in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) phase 5 (catastrophe) famine conditions—the most extreme food insecurity level according to the gold-standard IPC. These famines are not only claiming lives today, but they are also inflicting irreversible intergenerational trauma and damage.
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spelling CGSpace1760482025-08-14T21:08:26Z The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure Osendarp, Saskia Haddad, Lawrence Fabrizio, Cecilia Andridge, Caroline Black, Robert E. Brown, Molly E. Bryan, Elizabeth Campbell, Bruce M. D'Alimonte, Mary Fanzo, Jessica Headey, Derek D. Heidkamp, Rebecca McCarter, Abbe Menon, Purnima Michaux, Kristina Nordhagen, Stella Silva, Lais Miachon Verstraeten, Roosmarijn Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. conflicts nutrition famine war starvation food insecurity As scientists and members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) who have been Standing Together For Nutrition during recent crises, we use evidence of the impact of crises on nutrition to advocate for the people most affected. Now, in the face of the world's indifference, we are compelled to speak out about the horrifying human-made famine unfolding in Gaza and other conflict areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. Widespread starvation is deliberately used as a weapon of war,10 at a scale that we never thought possible. It is a moral failure that in 2025 more than 1·2 million people are living in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) phase 5 (catastrophe) famine conditions—the most extreme food insecurity level according to the gold-standard IPC. These famines are not only claiming lives today, but they are also inflicting irreversible intergenerational trauma and damage. 2025-08-09 2025-08-08T15:10:35Z 2025-08-08T15:10:35Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176048 en https://www.ifpri.org/blog/gazas-worsening-food-crisis-and-troubled-path-to-reconstruction/ https://www.ifpri.org/blog/the-struggle-to-get-food-aid-from-egypt-to-gaza-insights-from-the-egyptian-food-bank/ Limited Access Elsevier Osendarp, Saskia; Haddad, Lawrence; Fabrizio, Cecilia; Andridge, Caroline; Black, Robert E.; Brown, Molly E.; et al. 2025. The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure. Lancet 406(10503): 572-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01542-9
spellingShingle conflicts
nutrition
famine
war
starvation
food insecurity
Osendarp, Saskia
Haddad, Lawrence
Fabrizio, Cecilia
Andridge, Caroline
Black, Robert E.
Brown, Molly E.
Bryan, Elizabeth
Campbell, Bruce M.
D'Alimonte, Mary
Fanzo, Jessica
Headey, Derek D.
Heidkamp, Rebecca
McCarter, Abbe
Menon, Purnima
Michaux, Kristina
Nordhagen, Stella
Silva, Lais Miachon
Verstraeten, Roosmarijn
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title_full The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title_fullStr The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title_full_unstemmed The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title_short The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
title_sort famines in gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure
topic conflicts
nutrition
famine
war
starvation
food insecurity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176048
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