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The number of chronically hungry people in the world is on the rise again after decades of progress. The World Food Programme (WFP) says that developed countries continue to spend more money on subsidising farmers than they do to help starving children. On the occasion of World Hunger Day on October 16, the United Nations warned that over 6 million people have died from hunger so far this year, and the number of chronically hungry people is on the rise again after decades of progress. According to the latest figures, more than 850 million people around the world are living in hunger, against previous estimates of 842 million.
Despite the fact that chronic hunger and related illnesses continue to kill more people worldwide than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, the problem receives less attention from both world governments, the media and aid agencies, says the World Food Programme (WFP). Speaking on the occasion, WFP director James Morris urged aid-givers not to forget the scale of the hunger problem: by the end of World Food Day 2005, 6,241,512 people will have already died from hunger and related diseases so far this year. Combined with poverty, chronic hunger kills a staggering 25,000 people each day, Morris added.
Malnutrition is a serious problem in many parts of the world including North Korea, Haiti and Afghanistan. However, sub-Saharan Africa remains the most seriously affected area where conflicts and the spread of AIDS have exacerbated the effects of hunger. Currently, the spotlight is on Malawi where millions of people are in the grip of a food crisis caused by the failure of seasonal rains and the collapse of food production as a direct result of HIV/AIDS.
