GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX (GHI)

                      GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX (GHI)


GHI IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE AND TRACK HUNGER GLOBALLY AND BY COUNTRY.

IT IS CALCULATED BY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE(IFPRI).
                      
FOCUS ON EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION.

GHI FIRST TIME UPDATED ITS RECORD IN 2006 BY GERMAN NGO.

GHI UPDATED ITS RECORD ONCE IN A YEAR.

BURUNDI IN IN THE HIGHEST POSITION WITH 35.6%.
(COUNTRIES >30% IS EXTREMLY ALARMING, BETWEEN 20.0 % TO 29.9% IS ALARMING HUNGER SITUATION).

SINCE 1990 TO 2014 THE STATE OF HUNGERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FALLING BY 39% ACCORDING TO GHI.

805 MILLION  PEOPLE CONTINUING TO GO HUNGRY ACCORDING TO UN.

HIGHEST LEVEL OF HUNGER IS IN AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA AND SOUTH ASIA.
26 COUNTRIES REDUCED THEIR SCORES BY 50%.

THOSE COUNTRIES HAVING LARGE SCALE OF HUNGER HAS BEEN SUFFERED FROM SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.  


GHI COMBINES 3 EQUALLY WEIGHTED INDICATORS IN ONE INDEX NUMBER.

1. CHILD UNDERWEIGHT- CHILD OF 5YRS WHO ARE UNDERWEIGHGHT.

2. CHILD MORTALITY  - DEATH WITHIN 5YRS.

3. UNDER NOURISHMENT- UNDER NOURISHED CHILDREEN.