To assess hunger, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) annually calculates the ________, a tool that measures and tracks global hunger based on population undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality.

A. Universal Healthcare Metric (UHM)
B. Global Health Scale (GHS)
C. Hunger and Health Scale (HHS)
D. Global Hunger Index (GHI)


Answer: D

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