Food Price Crisis
High food prices are a matter of daily struggle for more than 2 billion people. High prices threaten to increase malnutrition, already an underlying cause of death in over 3.5 million children a year.

• An estimated 100 million people have fallen into poverty in the last 2 years
• Prices are expected to stay high through 2015

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Introducing the launch of the new International Health Partnership and related initiatives (IHP+) website
The World Bank is playing a pivotial and active role in the IHP+ along with partner countries, H-8 agencies, bilateral donors, civil society, and private sector partners.  For more information on the IHP+ and IHP+ partners please check out the IHP+’s new website.