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Hajara Abdul Rahman being weighed at a clinic in Tamale

11 January 2019

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

A group of people standing together in front of an event banner

Calling for a rapid scale-up to tackle malnutrition

UNICEF, the AU and the Democratic Republic of Congo call for stronger commitments from African leaders to strengthen multi-sectoral nutrition investments

A mother sitting on the floor feeding her child with a spoon

African leaders and development partners called to combine scaled-up humanitarian response with prevention, as the situation worsens for millions of children facing severe wasting - UNICEF

Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience

A baby's arm is being measured to screen malnutrition as the mother breastfeeds

Soaring food costs, low rainfall and insecurity leave children in the Sahel at risk of catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition - UNICEF

Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 per cent

A baby being feed with a blue cup

Joint Note on the Nutrition Situtation in WCA

WCA Regional Nutrition Working Group

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Urgent action needed to holistically address child malnutrition in West and Central Africa

The sharp increase of the number of malnourished children in the recent years requires to act urgently not only to save lives, but also to prevent children from becoming malnourished

A woman hands RUTF to a mother and her child

22 January 2022

Getting out of malnutrition through rapid treatment

In N'Djamena, Habena health centre is one of 825 health structures supported by UNICEF through European Union funding.

A mother and her baby in front of her home in Fada, in the east of Burkina Faso

23 September 2021

Addressing the Challenge of Children's Diet in Early Life in

Addressing the Challenge of Children's Diet in Early Life in West and Central Africa

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Mothers holding babies with plumpy nut

22 September 2021

Young children’s diets show no improvement in last decade, ‘could get much worse’ under COVID-19 - UNICEF

During crucial period when children begin to transition to solid foods, just 1 in 3 are fed a diet diverse enough to grow well