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Malnutrition

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Programme
16 December 2019
Nutrition
Every child has the right to survive and thrive
Siti Osman, a 30-year-old mother of six at an OTP Site in Kismayo
Article
15 February 2023
A Mother’s Fight for her Daughter’s Survival
UNICEF strives to provide lifesaving nutrition for every child facing malnutrition in Somalia
Khadijo sits with her daughter Sabirin, outside their makeshift house in the Gurman IDP camp.
Article
23 October 2022
“There is no place to go back to.”
Khadijo’s story of finding a way to keep her children alive
Attendees gathering around an Acacia tree that gave them shade against scorching heat as well as clinic members.
Article
22 October 2022
Mobile clinics save lives in drought stricken Toghdeer regio
UNICEF reaches the hardest-to-reach
MUAC screening at an IDP camp.
Article
12 October 2022
With famine knocking at the door
Children screened for malnutrition and referred for treatment
Fatuma Omar and her four children walked for three days in search of food and water and now live in Hagarka IDP camp.
Article
05 October 2022
“My son died of hunger”
Across South-West Somalia, hungry families are making desperate journeys to urban centres.
USAID-funded and UNICEF-installed borehole helps water problem in Ainabo town
Article
22 September 2022
In Somaliland, water offers a lifeline for communities
The worst drought in decades continues
IDPs receive trucked water supplied by UNICEF at an IDP camp in Baidoa, Somalia.
Article
19 September 2022
“Time to act is now,” says UNICEF Emergency Director
Number of admissions is swelling at UNICEF-supported health and nutrition centres
Seven month old Fardowsa is being examined for malnutrition.
News note
13 September 2022
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on rising severe acute malnutrition for children in Somalia
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson, James Elder, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Zakaria has spent 12 days at the Stabilization Center at Ainabo Hospital in Somaliland.
Article
07 September 2022
On the frontlines of treating children with malnutrition
Drought intensifies along with the number of children impacted