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Death by Birth Place: 7 countries are home to 65% of the world’s hungry: India, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.

• 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation.
• 1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development.
• 148 million children under the age of 5 in developing regions are underweight for their age.
• 22 million infants are not protected from diseases by routine immunization.
• In 2008, 8.8 million children worldwide died before their 5th birthday.
• 4 million newborns worldwide are dying in the first month of life.
• 2 million children under the age of 15 currently live with HIV.
• 101 million children are not attending primary school.
  UNICEF

The number of people suffering from hunger is greater than
the population of the U.S., Canada and EU combined.
WFP

What would it cost to end world hunger?

$30 billion per year is the annual shortfall to end world hunger.
FAO

…How much is that compared to other U.S. political priorities?
$530 Billion: U.S. Military Budget
$130 Billion: U.S. War Spending
DOD