Tahoua

Recent Concern nutrition surveys undertaken with the Department of Health show that "global acute malnutrition" rates in Tahoua District, where Concern responded, are at 11.7 percent-below the emergency threshold of 15 percent.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

Recent Concern nutrition surveys undertaken with the Department of Health show that "global acute malnutrition" rates in Tahoua District, where Concern responded, are at 11.7 percent-below the emergency threshold of 15 percent.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

Recent Concern nutrition surveys undertaken with the Department of Health show that "global acute malnutrition" rates in Tahoua District, where Concern responded, are at 11.7 percent-below the emergency threshold of 15 percent.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

Recent Concern nutrition surveys undertaken with the Department of Health show that "global acute malnutrition" rates in Tahoua District, where Concern responded, are at 11.7 percent-below the emergency threshold of 15 percent.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

This is despite Tahoua district being rated the most food insecure agro-pastoral district in the country in the Government's December 2009 food security study.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

This is despite Tahoua district being rated the most food insecure agro-pastoral district in the country in the Government's December 2009 food security study.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

This is despite Tahoua district being rated the most food insecure agro-pastoral district in the country in the Government's December 2009 food security study.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

This is despite Tahoua district being rated the most food insecure agro-pastoral district in the country in the Government's December 2009 food security study.

Tom Arnold: World Food Day 2010: Dramatic Results in Niger Tom Arnold 2010

Concern's program is in Tahoua, the second worst affected part of the country.

Amanda McClelland: Photo IDs and Mobile Phones: Secret Weapons in Niger's Fight Against Hunger 2010

The already precarious position of herders in the regions of Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder has further deteriorated due to the death of animals decimated by lack of food and water.

Louis Belanger: On the front lines of the war against hunger in Niger 2010