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Department of State Washington File: Text: World Food Aid Needs at Record Level, USAID Official Says (5781 words) |
 | Global food crises have pushed food aid requirements to their highest point ever while food aid availability has dropped to it lowest point in five years, according to the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). |
| Where sufficient food is available for the local population -- yet widespread food insecurity and hunger exists -- we need a broader range of non-food famine prevention tools that can effectively address those factors that limit access to and utilization of those food resources. |
| This assistance totals approximately 25 percent of the 2002/2003 food aid requirement in the country and, together with the contributions of other donors, is expected to meet the needs of the country through the end of May of this year. |
| Zimbabwe food, Aids crises worsening: UN envoys (1413 words) |
| UN envoys in charge of food aid and efforts to battle HIV/Aids in Africa said today that Zimbabwe's food and Aids crises were getting worse and urged the government to make a huge effort to overcome them. |
| Food shortages had worsened the impact of Zimbabwe's HIV/Aids pandemic, and the government faced a major challenge in rebuilding a farm sector that used to be the bread basket of southern Africa, he said. |
| Lewis said severe food shortages had worsened an HIV/Aids pandemic which is killing an average 2 500 Zimbabweans a week and accounts for up to 80% of hospital admissions in the capital Harare. |
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