What Is Global Hunger Index (GHI) ?

Global Hunger Index(GHI) is multidimensional measure that describes state of hunger situation on regional, national and global level. 

It is published annually by annually by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) since 2006

It ranks countries on a 0 to 100-point scale calculated by taking into account four indicator parameters. Zero means best score (no hunger) and and 100 is worst... 

The 4 parameters are

 1) Undernourished population (1/3rd weight)
2) Child wasting (1/6th weight)
3) Child stunting (1/6th weight) and 
4)Infant mortality rate (1/3rd weight... 

In this case stunting means deficiency in height in relation to age, reflects chronic under nutrition and wasting means low weight in relation to a child’s height, reflects acute undernutrition


What is Global Hunger Index (GHI) ?

GHI considers 4 parameters to for ranking countries:

1)Undernourishment: share of the population that is undernourished, reflecting insufficient caloric intake;

2)Child wasting: share of children under the age of five who are wasted (low weight-for-height), reflecting acute under-nutrition;

3)Child stunting: share of children under the age of five who are stunted (low height-for-age), reflecting chronic under-nutrition; and

4)Child mortality: mortality rate of children under age five

According to 2017 GHI scores, the level of hunger in the world has decreased by 27 per cent from the 2000 level. While this needs appreciation, we should remind ourselves that the job is not close to the finish line. There is massive injustice to millions who are experiencing chronic hunger from food crises and famines

Martin Luther King said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Lack of access to food is injustice of the first order. It is our collective responsibility to solve it rather than merely sensationalising statistics.