The medical journal, the Lancet, on July 30 2025 ran an appeal against famine titled “The Famines in Gaza and Other Conflict Areas are a Moral Failure,” writing: “Widespread starvation is deliberately used as a weapon of war, at a scale that we never thought possible…. Every child — every person — has the right to the nutrition they need to survive and thrive.” This was by members of the “Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium”, or ST4N.
See: https://www.standingtogetherfornutrition.org/
They continue: “Wasted children are about 12 times more
likely to die before their fifth birthday than children
with a healthy weight.18 Those children who do survive
famine will bear the impacts for life…
“The science of malnutrition and the solutions are
known. Treatment of severe acute malnutrition, access to nutritious foods, clean water, nutrient supplements, and medical care are not radical ideas—they are proven strategies that save lives and rebuild communities.”
The authors include staff at the Canadian Micronutrient Forum and include Saskia Osendarp, Lawrence Haddad, Robert Blackand others.
