Nutrition
The Challenge, An estimated 2.2 million cases of children are acutely malnourished, including around 540,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Only 15 per cent of children are eating the minimum acceptable diet for survival, growth and development. The high levels of malnutrition are compounded by lack of food, poor feeding practices at…, Resources, These resources on nutrition represent just a small selection of materials produced by UNICEF and its partners in Yemen., The Solution, In 2021, UNICEF treated over 315,000 children under the age of 5 for Severe Acute Malnutrition thereby saving their lives. Nutrition The child, Ibtihal, 6 months old, weighed 4.5 kg. She was suffering from malnutrition and admitted to the hospital. UNICEF has accelerated its nutrition interventions to prevent and treat severe acute malnutrition in…