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Malnutrition

A mother is feeding her child
Programme
06 February 2023
Nutrition
We work to ensure all children and women in South Asia can get the nutritious foods, services and healthy food environments.
A wasted child eating soup in a hospital in Afghanistan
Programme
21 March 2018
Care for severely wasted children
UNICEF is working to strengthen community and health systems to detect, refer and treat severely wasted children across South Asia.
Junk food
Blog post
22 September 2023
Junk food is inescapable in youth’s lives
     
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News note
18 September 2023
UNICEF calls for more investment as South Asia remains a global epicentre for undernourished and anaemic adolescent girls and women
Despite progress, South Asia has over one third of the world’s stunted children (nearly 54 million) and over 25 million children suffer from wasting.
Hazrat Ali holding his 19-month-old son, Sudais
Article
22 June 2023
Healing young lives through nutrition interventions
With German support, UNICEF's Integrated Nutrition Programme helps cure malnutrition in infants
4 month old Farahnaz's height is measured at the UNICEF-supported provincial hospital
Article
23 May 2023
Four steps to deliver results for malnourished children
With 1 in 5 children under five living in urban areas of Afghanistan, UNICEF pioneers initiative to tackle malnutrition with the European Union
Safa is suffering from severe acute malnutrition
Blog post
26 April 2023
Measles cases surge - I’m scared for vulnerable children
Measles cases have surged in countries with the most zero-dose children
Afghanistan Ghor malnutrition Sorayaa and Ehsan
Press release
07 March 2023
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk – UNICEF
With half of stunting in children under 2 developing during pregnancy and before six months, new report raises the alarm on the need to invest in essential nutrition programmes for adolescent girls and women
Press release
24 January 2023
As the pace of urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so too does the threat of urban food insecurity – UN agencies report
 Humaira 8 years old, who have taken refuge with her family on higher roadside in Mirpur Khas District, Sindh Province, Pakistan.
Press release
09 January 2023
Up to 4 million children in Pakistan still living next to stagnant and contaminated floodwater
Child survival crisis remains acute in flood-affected areas as rates of respiratory infections and severe acute malnutrition soar
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