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Father hugs his baby at a nutrition center.

06 December 2018

Nutrition

Preventing and treating malnutrition in South Sudan

Elevated water points and boreholes

New climate resilient facilities help prevent malnutrition

UNICEF provides access to clean water before, during and after the floods

A woman stands in the middle of a circle of women

Mothers’ groups lead the campaign against malnutrition

These community nutrition volunteers are on the frontlines of UNICEF’s programme to prevent and treat malnutrition among children under-5

A boy with severe wasting waits for treatment

Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries

Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting

12 year old Alekiir Deng washes pots in flood waters

UNICEF South Sudan COST OF INACTION

An Unfolding Catastrophe for children

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Achan gets RUTF

World a ‘virtual tinderbox’ for catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition in children

Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 per cent

A child suffering from malnutrition at a treatment centre

UN agencies call for scaled-up response to address increasing hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan

Food insecurity likely to rise by seven percent across South Sudan in the coming months, compared to last year.

A young girl looks out over submerged houses in Panyagor village of Jonglei State.

15 February 2022

Prolonged flooding increases challenges for children

A higher number of children are exposed for longer periods of time to the impacts of flooding

Two hands holding RUTF

28 January 2022

Restoration of hope in pursuing a healthy life

3-year-old fighting Severe Acute Malnutrition alongside Tuberculosis

Lady waling by a stream

28 January 2022

Mother risks everything to save the life of malnourished son

Evading bandits and wild animals on the nine hours walk to a hospital