Charities should focus their efforts on preventing starvation rather than treating it once it has already happened, Care International has said. The aid agency believes targeting the causes of starvation rather than treating the situation when it has already arisen would save billions of pounds. It would also help the 220 million people living “on the edge of emergency” to live more stable lives, Care International stated. Geoffrey Dennis, chief executive of Care International UK, said a failure to solve underlying issues had left millions of people in food poverty. In a report, Living on the edge of emergency: Paying the price of inaction, Care International described aid as being “too late and too short term”.

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19 September 2008
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