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Infant and young child nutrition

Fatima, a 10-month-old baby, is screened by doctors and diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition, in the hospital of the Kishim district in the North of Afghanistan.
Programme
01 February 2021
Nutrition and care for children with wasting
Treating children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition.
UN0373501
Programme
29 January 2021
Early childhood nutrition
Preventing malnutrition in infants and young children.
A young boy in Mongolia eats from a bowl with a huge smile on his face in 2018.
Programme
29 January 2021
Nutrition
Good nutrition is the bedrock of child survival and development.
Afghanistan. A child receives RUTF from a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team in Nari District, Afghanistan.
Page
30 August 2023
The Child Nutrition Fund
Accelerating the scale-up of sustainable policies, programmes and supplies to end child wasting
Afghanistan. A child receives RUTF from a UNICEF-supported mobile health and nutrition team in Nari District, Afghanistan.
Document
30 August 2023
The Child Nutrition Fund

Files available for download (1)

Child Nutrition Fund (Full document) (PDF, 238 KB)
Document
01 May 2023
Child Rights-Based Approach to Food Marketing

Files available for download (2)

A Child Rights-Based Approach to Food Marketing (PDF, 2 MB)
Enfoque de Derechos NNA Publicidad (PDF, 3 MB)
Kokobe Ashebir, 20, received UNICEF-supplied Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) at a health centre in Oromia Region, Ethiopia, when pregnant and saw a transformation in her health.
Press release
06 March 2023
Malnutrition in mothers soars by 25 per cent in crisis-hit countries, putting women and newborn babies at risk
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
Document
15 February 2023
Small Supplements for the Prevention of Malnutrition in Early Childhood (SQ-LNS)

Files available for download (1)

SQLNS Brief Guidance Note (PDF, 630 KB)
Sudan. A woman plays with her daughter at their home in Wager village in Kassala State, Sudan.
Report
10 February 2023
Undernourished and Overlooked
A global nutrition crisis in adolescent girls and women

Files available for download (7)

Full report (PDF, 10 MB)
Executive summary (English) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (Arabic) (PDF, 2 MB)
Executive summary (French) (PDF, 1 KB)
Executive summary (Portuguese) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (Russian) (PDF, 1 MB)
Executive summary (Spanish) (PDF, 1 KB)
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