Josette Sheeran
Executive Director, WFP
Josette Sheeran became Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in April 2007. WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, providing emergency food aid to the world’s hungry and addressing the causes of chronic hunger.
Filling empty bellies is no longer enough
Posted 20 September 2011
One of the tragedies of our time is the prevalence of malnutrition. Maternal and child undernutrition is the underlying cause of 3.5 million deaths in children under five each year. For those who manage to survive, nearly 200 million children are stunted - that means they are short for their age, more likely to suffer [...]
