The 2018 World Food Prize Laureates were honored in Des Moines, Iowa for their leadership combating inadequate nutrition in children and their mothers.
Doctors Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro have worked to improve child and maternal nutrition in the critical period from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday. A recent upturn in rates of undernourishment has contributed to unrest, according to economist Dr. Haddad.
“Hungry people and malnourished people are people without hope very often,” Haddad told reporters Thursday before accepting the World Food Prize.
