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Food crisis and famine

A child has their upper arm circumference measured
Press release
25 May 2023
Conflict and economic crisis drive food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen
0-month-old Mansuur Osman is held by his mother, Harira Adow, at the stabilization centre of Garissa County Referral Hospital. Baby Mansuur is recovering from severe acute malnutrition caused by the prolonged drought experienced in Garissa.
Remarks
03 May 2023
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the 2023 Global Report on Food Crises launch event
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A child has its mid-upper arm circumference measured to gauge for evidence of malnutrition, at Dolow Health Centre in Dolow, Somalia, on 3 February 2022. UNICEF continues their life-saving assistance through drought-affected areas, working with families, local communities, organisations and governments throughout Somalia.
Press release
03 May 2023
Global Report on Food Crises: Number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to 258 million in 58 countries in 2022
Economic shocks grew as driver of food crises; war in Ukraine contributed to acute food and nutrition insecurity
Press release
16 January 2023
25 million Nigerians at high risk of food insecurity in 2023
In Marantao, Philippines, 13-month-old Jonaila plays with her mother, a member of the UNICEF staff. She will receive her first routine vaccination the following day.
Article
19 December 2022
Something to smile about
Looking back on moments in 2022 that made children smile
A child has its mid-upper arm circumference measured to gauge for evidence of malnutrition, at Dolow Health Centre in Dolow, Somalia, on 3 February 2022. UNICEF continues their life-saving assistance through drought-affected areas, working with families, local communities, organisations and governments throughout Somalia.
Press release
13 December 2022
The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains extremely serious: assistance must be sustained and improved to continue to prevent famine
Join press release by UN System in Somalia
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas meets with 2-year-old Apolo Lokai who is being treated for malnutrition with a sachet of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF).
Press release
19 October 2022
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas meets children suffering from severe malnutrition in Kenya
Worst climate-related drought in the region pushing up malnutrition numbers daily
Remarks
22 September 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks on how to best respond to the disproportionate impacts of rising food insecurity on women and girls in humanitarian crisis
Yemen. A child's arm is measured at a health centre.
Remarks
21 September 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at The Child Malnutrition Crisis: Pledging to Save Lives event
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Nana Hadiza, 28, holds her twin daughters as they sit on a hospital bed at the CHU Hospital of Maradi, Niger. The twins are treated for malnutrition with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF).
Press release
21 September 2022
Over half a billion dollars pledged to tackle severe wasting since July in unprecedented international response to deepening child malnutrition crisis
At least 60 per cent of commitments will directly support UNICEF’s work in 15 countries hardest hit by the food and nutrition crisis