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A wasted child eating soup in a hospital in Afghanistan

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.

A mother spoon-feeds her child

Nutrition

Malnutrition in early childhood has severe consequences on the survival, growth and development pote

baby and mother

Misinformation threatening breastfeeding during COVID-19

Misinformation and formula milk donations are threatening breastfeeding during COVID-19

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An additional 3.9 million children under 5 could suffer from wasting in South Asia this year due to COVID-19 - UNICEF

UNICEF calls for accelerated action to prevent and treat malnutrition caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as humanitarian community appeals for $2.4 billion to improve maternal and child nutrition globally

A child looking at the camera as his upper arm is measured

Malnourished Rohingya children at heightened risk

Community nutrition volunteers push through to prevent the COVID-19 crisis from spiraling into a nutrition crisis

UNICEF staff at the airport in Nepalgunj in Banke District loading nutrition supplies onto an aircraft headed to remote Humla District, lying at an altitude of 9,500 feet above sea level.

Battling malnutrition amidst COVID-19

In Nepal’s south and west, UNICEF is supporting the government in resuming provision of nutrition supplies

Medical check up

Almost giving up hope for the survival of their child...

My son was treated for six (6) days in here, I was so scared I would lose him. He would breathe so lightly that it sometimes appeared he wasn’t breathing...

A young mother in a bright orange sari holds a toy over her underweight infant in her lap and smiles.

Every child deserves a healthy start

[CRC Article 6 – the right to life, survival and development] When five-month-old Akansha was admitted to a treatment centre, she weighed just 3.69 kgs.....

A mother feeds her child a porridge.

Stop Stunting in South Asia – Photo exhibition and Panel

top Stunting in South Asia, a special issue of the international journal Maternal and Child Nutrition, was launched in Delhi (17-18 May 2016) alongside.....

A young baby looks over their mother's shoulder, who is wearing a flesh-coloured hijab. In the background is a sign reading: "Health and Nutrition Education Session" with Urdu text and UNICEF and Canada logos.

Stop Stunting in South Asia

This overview paper summarizes the rationale for the focus on improving child feeding, women’s nutrition, and household sanitation as priority areas.....