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A woman holds her daughter, who is being checked for malnourishment.

Nutrition

Preventing and treating malnutrition in South Sudan

A child sitting under a mosquito net

Ten facts about mosquito nets you didn't know

Distribution of mosquito nets is a simple yet very effective way of saving lives

A man doing registration of women and children

Akoon Akoon

A towering community nutrition worker

women sitting on a large plastic mat

Changing Perceptions and Growing Gardens

Educating mothers about appropriate food is preventing malnutrition among children

A boy with a toy mad out of a juice box

Playing is not (only) for fun

Playing can speed up recovery after child malnutrition

A mother holding her malnourished daughter

Don’t Stop!

The many benefits of breastfeeding after six months

Suraya Hatam is breastfeeding her son Husni

One third of babies in South Sudan are not exclusively breastfed

More actions are needed to further promote breastfeeding, said UNICEF at the start of the World Breastfeeding Week

A man standing in front of a handwashing station

Fighting COVID-19 in South Sudan

Battling a pandemic in one of the world's most fragile countries

A child with a measuring tape on the upper arm

EU humanitarian aid providing €4.5 million to UNICEF supporting some of the most vulnerable children in South Sudan

A baby sitting on his mother's lap

Saving a life with a little knowledge, peanuts and milk

UNICEF supported nutrition centres provide knowledge and provisions that save lives