Urgent Scale-up of Coordinated Nutrition Action Needed in Mozambique

A Call to Action

Laura no longer has to cross 3km to take care of her children's health: today she receives at home the Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food necessary for the twins' recovery and today she already sees significant improvement in their daily lives. "Now they play well, they are happier and even their sleep is more peaceful."
UNICEF Mozambique/2021/Ricardo Franco

Highlights

This is a Call to Action for the Government of Mozambique, donors, embassies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and local organizations to urgently support and scale-up humanitarian nutrition action and financing in Mozambique.

The Nutrition Cluster is requesting US$29 million to scale up lifesaving nutrition actions for 400,000 children at risk of and affected with acute malnutrition in conflict and climate shock settings.

This call to action is in line with the national nutrition strategy (ESAN III) and the humanitarian needs identified in the 2023 Nutrition Cluster Humanitarian Response Plan.

Urgent Scale-up of Coordinated Nutrition Action Needed in Mozambique
Author(s)
Global Nutrition Cluster, UNICEF, WFP
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