Ron Haviv visits the terrifying normalcy of malnutrition in Bangladesh

The photojournalist Ron Haviv travelled to Bangladesh, one of the 'hot-spots' of malnutrition, for the documentary project Starved for Attention - a collaboration between the photographers of the renowned photojournalist agency VII and one of the leading humanitarian organisations, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

'The program is only in a very small area of Bhola and you can see differences where the program is, and where the program isn't,' Haviv explains.

'It seems that the biggest problem that I encountered was this concept of normalcy, this idea that not having enough food, not even eating everyday was just the way it always has been, and the way it always will be. That acceptance by the population is probably the most terrifying idea of malnutrition.'

Using photography and documentary short films, Starved for Attention gives a new visual identity to malnutrition which affects nearly 195 million children across the world and emphasises the great potential for combating early childhood malnutrition.

Starved for Attention will tour the north east of the States in the weeks before World Food Day (16 October) and will be accompanied by a mobile therapeutic feeding centre to illustrate how malnutrition is treated in the field.

Follow the link to RonHaviv.com to see more of Ron Haviv's photographs from Bangladesh