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Children Under Attack Report

Stories of children affected by the crisis in Mali

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The increase in grave violations has led to a spike in protection needs. UNICEF estimates that more than 377,000 vulnerable girls and boys currently require protection assistance.

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UNICEF Mali

Publication date

August 2019

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English,

French

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Aminata Cissé, 20, gives therapeutic milk to her daughter Maya Ag Oumar, 12 months, at the regional hospital in Timbuktu. Maya is suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications (malaria and anemia). "I was scared of losing her," her mother says. "She was sleeping all the time and she wasn't playing. She didn't even have the energy to cry. I'm very happy with the treatment here.” Today, Maya is recovering thanks to therapeutic milk and medication supplied by UNICEF

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