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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

Nurses demonstrate how to make bouille to mothers to feed their children

Screening of Acute Malnutrition by the Family at community l

Screening of Acute Malnutrition by the Family at community level

A smiling mother holding her baby

Child wasting in West and Central Africa

Baby looks at camera while being fed with a sppon

Reaching out to partners in the time of COVID-19: Nutrition

A nurse measures the brachial perimeter of a child suffering from acute malnutrition

West and Central Africa: More than 15 million expected cases of acute malnutrition in 2020

United Nations Agencies alert on unprecedented impact of food insecurity and COVID-19 on child malnutrition

Malnutrition Crisis

Acting Now to Avert a Nutrition Crisis in the Sahel region

A Deteriorating Nutrition Situation in the Sahel region

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.