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Malnutrition

Hajara Abdul Rahman being weighed at a clinic in Tamale

Stunting and Malnutrition

Every child has a right to adequate nutrition

Dr. Elvis Badianga Kumbu holds a young girl in his arms after she underwent treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi, Kasaï region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday 28 January 2018.

Child Survival and Development

Every child has a right to survive

Mother gives her children the porridge that was just prepared during the sensitization session

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger amid rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis

A mother and child playing, photographed against the sky

What We Do

Discover how UNICEF builds a better future for every child in West and Central Africa.

Habisatou and her child - malnutrition

PB-Mère is one of the most cost-effective ways

PB-Mère is one of the most cost-effective ways to detect and treat severe malnutrition in the country.

Fatou Youm, 46 years old, brings her grand daughter Tening Gueye who is 2 1/2 year old and suffers from malnutrition

Emergency alert

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is a major cause of death in children.

Azaharatou Dicko gives UNICEF-supplied ready-to-use therapeutic food to her daughter

When disaster strikes, UNICEF is there.

Coordinated efforts to ensure equity, rights and survival

Odia, living for the past four months at the Centre de Transit et d'Orientation (CTO), a UNICEF-supported reintegration centre for children associated with armed groups, in Kasaï region

Crisis in the Central African Republic

In a neglected emergency, children need aid, protection – and a future

A mother feeding her child Plumpy'nut during an Early Childhood Health Consultation at health facility in Namoungou village, situated around 30 km east of Fada N'gourma in eastern Burkina Faso.

Number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition across the Sahel reaches 10-year high

More than 1.3 million children to receive emergency treatment in 2018, but more investment in prevention measures needed to influence trends in 2019 and beyond

Children are carrying water from a source built by the UNICEF in Tshinyama, a village near Miabi, located 30 km north-west of Mbuji-mayi, in the direction of Kananga, in the province of Kasai Orientale, in the south Of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region plagued by conflict between the militia of the traditional leader Kamuina Nsapu and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) since June 2016.

More than 80,000 children returned from Angola to DR Congo in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - UNICEF