Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition 

An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding that without immediate treatment, at least a million are at risk of dying. 

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200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies

01 Sep 2023

A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying of hunger if life-saving aid fails to reach them, UN agencies said on Friday.

Scale-up action to combat child malnutrition in Africa’s Sahel

06 Apr 2022

An estimated 6.3 million children under five, in six countries in Africa’s Sahel region, will suffer from wasting this year, UN agencies and their partners warned in a publication issued on Wednesday. 

Child malnutrition expected to quadruple in Southern Madagascar  

26 Jul 2021

At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute malnourishment, two UN agencies warned on Monday.