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Father hugs his baby at a nutrition center.

06 December 2018

Nutrition

Preventing and treating malnutrition in South Sudan

A little boy sitting close to water kiosk in Juba, South Sudan

25 October 2023

Cost of Inaction

A deepening crisis for children

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Cost of Inaction 2023 South Sudan (PDF, 316 KB)

Mother is breastfeeding her baby at hospital, Juba, South Sudan

Ministry of Health, UNICEF and partners celebrate World Breastfeeding Day and call for scale-up breastfeeding practice among working parents in South Sudan

More actions are needed to promote breastfeeding in workspaces across South Sudan

Naoyapuro Nutrition Site, Boma, South Sudan

Nutrition and health services integration helping children

UNICEF and partner ForAfriKa work to tackle high rates of common illnesses and malnutrition in children and mothers in Boma County, South Sudan

School feeding programme

Increased Food Insecurity in South Sudan Exacerbates Threats to the Lives of 3.1Million Children in Urgent Need of Protection

Returnees in Aweil

The desperate face of children fleeing conflict in Sudan

UNICEF emergency response team is on the ground providing relief support to the vulnerable groups

Tapitha Nyakhan Gatwich (in green with back to camera), head of a UNICEF-supported mother to mother support group, instructs other mothers in agricultural techniques at Bieh IDP camp in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan.

Mother-to-mother support groups help to prevent malnutrition

Good nutrition lessons from the peer mother-to-mother nutrition support groups in South Sudan's Bentiu town

A mother sitting under a shed and holding her children at a nutrition center in Bor, South Sudan

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

Pregnant and lactating mothers wait in a shed waiting to be screened for malnutrition.

A package of Health and nutrition services to help children

Integrating health services into nutrition programs to improve outcomes for children in GPAA.

Wilson is now on the road to recovery after receiving RUTF

05 December 2022

Racing to save Wilson

Supporting malnourished children in South Sudan