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

27/02/2019

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

16/08/2018

A woman caresses the head of her sleeping malnourished baby, at the mother and child centre in the town of Diffa, in the Diffa region on 20 February 2017.

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UN urges the world to act now to save lives in West Africa's Sahel

5 million people in need of food assistance and 1.6 million children at risk of severe acute malnutrition, 2.5 million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists require urgent livelihoods assistance

12/06/2019

A mother and child playing, photographed against the sky

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12/02/2019

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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

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Malnutrition is a major cause of death in children.

01/02/2019

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.

Press release

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

Teacher Edouard Kabukapua, 28, accompanies his students as they sing on their way to their class in a temporary tent school in Mulombela village, Kasaï region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday 25 January 2018.

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Conflict in the Kasaï, DRC

Children in Kasaï, DR Congo, have come under attack at a shocking scale

30/10/2018

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