The World Bank is a United Nation’s financial institution that provides loans to countries in needed to fight against poverty. Usually, it provides loans to developing countries. The World Bank was founded in 1944 and it has been built from five (5) institutions. According to the World Bank; “there are five (5) institutions in One (1) group: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; The International Development Association; The International Finance Corporation; The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; and The International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes.” The World Bank is also widely involved in women’s health by sustaining some local and national projects worldwide for women’s health and women’s development.
The same institution says that: “Malnutrition is one of the world’s most serious, but least-addressed development challenges. Its human and economic costs are enormous, falling hardest on the very poor, women and children. Malnutrition undermines progress towards achieving the World Bank Group twin goals of reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity. The economic costs of undernutrition, in terms of lost national productivity and economic growth, are significant—ranging from 2 to 3% of GDP in some countries and up to 11% of GDP in Africa and Asia each year.”
In the addition to the nutrition program support, the World Bank is involved in several programs, including women’s health is Great Lakes Emergency Sexual and Gender Based Violence & Women’s Health Project.  The institution said that; “The objectives of the Rwanda Great Lakes Emergency Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Women’s Health Project are to: 1- expand the provision of services to mitigate the short and medium term impact of sexual and gender based violence; and 2- expand utilization of a package of health interventions targeted to poor and vulnerable females.”
In the United States, similar organizations exist at the local, state, and federal level.  In the world, female genital mutilation is considered as a violation of the human rights of women. This practice is widely practiced in Africa. The WHO (2014) stated: “FGM is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on minors and a violation of the rights of children. The practice also violates a person’s right to health, security and physical integrity, the right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to life when the procedure results in death.”
In the world, there are innumerable food programs to fight hunger worldwide; but, the current health and nutritional situation leads many questions. Local Non-Profit Organizations need to be supported to make a significant improvement in the local level. Since the large investment at the central level prevents the real target “population in need” from getting what they deserve; therefore, the consequence is the increase of the poverty and the malnutrition.
Mohamed Elmahady CAMARA