It is pausing a program we lead that provides more than 400,000 polio vaccinations every month in African countries, putting nearly 4 million children at risk of death and disability.

Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions ...

Harden says that early warning is what was missing during the country's disastrous earlier famine. "We were able to send a disaster assistance response team to Ethiopia in advance and pre-position ...

1974 – In Bangladesh, 1.5 million perish. 1975-1979 – Famine in Cambodia results in 1.5-2 million deaths. 1984-1985 – Ethiopian famine, affects more than 8 million people and results in ...

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS ... in 1985 in the wake of massive famines in Africa and especially in Ethiopia, where nearly one million deaths shocked the world.