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Action Against Hunger has developed its water and sanitation expertise over nearly three decades of field work, advancing a number of solutions for populations at risk from water insecurity.
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Central to the targeting of malnutrition, Action Against Hunger extends water and sanitation improvements to communities with little or no access to proper sources.
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Though strategies may vary, our food security interventions all share a common goal: to fight hunger by preserving and strengthening livelihoods in a sustainable and contextual manner.
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Action Against Hunger’s innovative food security programs offer a broad range of solutions for generating income, boosting food production, and strengthening livelihoods.
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Our comprehensive approach to hunger involves extending water and sanitation services to communities faced with water scarcity, unsafe drinking water, and inadequate sanitation.
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We have developed an effective method to treat acute malnutrition that includes field-tested protocols and nutritional products backed by an international scientific advisory committee.
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Action Against Hunger helps rehabilitate and restock public health infrastructure, fields mobile health clinics, and trains local medical personnel on preventative and diagnostic care.
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Our comprehensive programs address the linkages between disease and malnutrition by coordinating with local expertise and strengthening existing public health systems.
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Where We Work

Scientific Research

Research for the Most At-Risk

Scientific research at Action against Hunger tackles the program needs we confront in the field, targets the needs of the most at-risk, improves tools and methodologies, and ensures high-quality, sustainable programs. Whether carrying out studies in the field, investing in new capabilities, or disseminating our findings, our commitment to research adds value to our interventions. Our agency’s commitment to ongoing field research brings together several components:

An International Scientific Committee

Action against Hunger’s International Scientific Committee embodies and guides our strategic approach to field research, helping our agency define priorities, validate programs, and connect with the latest scientific research.

Quality Programs: External Assessments

Action Against Hunger regularly undertakes external assessments of our interventions based on program impact, coverage, coherence, relevance, sustainability, effectiveness and efficiency. We have also developed quality management procedures and an internal auditing system designed to streamline capabilities and optimize the resources we deploy in the field. The result is independent verification of our internationally renown programs.

Capitalizing on Field Research

The breadth of experience and wide-ranging expertise available within ACF’s International Network offers a unique opportunity to capitalize on a broad range of research initiatives, internal and external evaluations, and package and disseminate this information with a view to making our future programs better and helping other organizations improve their own program quality and reach.

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Research for the Most-at-Risk

Published December 7, 2007. DownloadPDF [1.81 MB]

Scientific research at Action against Hunger tackles the operational needs which arise in the field. It produces tools and methods to be used in highquality and sustainable actions. Research includes carryng out studies, capitalisation, dissemination and valorisation of know-how towards missions and local partners.

Real Impacts: Research for Humanitarian Outcomes

The impacts of our commitment to scientific research is of the utmost importance to the communities we serve. Here are several glimpses into our ongoing initiatives and the benefits derived from sound scientific investigation: