Malnutrition

Hajara Abdul Rahman being weighed at a clinic in Tamale

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Stunting and Malnutrition

Every child has a right to adequate nutrition

11/01/2019

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.

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Child Survival and Development

Every child has a right to survive

21/06/2018

A mother and child playing, photographed against the sky

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07/02/2019

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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.

06/02/2019

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 is a major cause of death in children.

30/01/2019

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

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When disaster strikes, UNICEF is there.

Coordinated efforts to ensure equity, rights and survival

30/01/2019

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

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Crisis in the Central African Republic

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

09/01/2019

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.

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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

16/11/2018

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.

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

30/10/2018

Seated on the lap of his mother, Okachatata Ichaka, 16 months old, is found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition during a screening at the health center of reference in Gao.

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Nutrition Crisis in Mali

The nutritional situation of children under 5 years in the Sahel countries remains worrying and may worsen further.

18/07/2018

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