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MSF reports sharp rise in malnutrition and preventable diseases in Somalia

Somalia is sliding deeper into a health and nutrition emergency as failed rainy seasons, soaring water prices and sharp humanitarian funding cuts fuel a surge in malnutrition and preventable disease, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Tuesday. MSF teams report rising numbers of children arriving at overcrowded displacement camps and health facilities in critical condition with severe acute malnutrition or illnesses such as measles, diphtheria and acute watery diarrhoea — conditions that vaccination and clean water can…

Over 520 Million Kids Face Poverty, Save the Children Reveals

The Dire Toll: One in Five Children Living in War Zones In 2024, an unsettling reality enveloped the world: one in five children, roughly 520 million, lived amid active warfare. This figure represents a stark increase of 47 million from the previous year, marking the highest count since formal tracking began in 2005. The 2024 Save the Children report, published Tuesday, paints a grim picture of the ebbing tides of conflict sweeping across the globe. Global Surge in Conflict The report’s data, sourced from PRIO and the…

Nigerian Government Sounds Alarm on ‘Triple Challenge’ of Malnutrition

Nigeria's Nutrition Crisis: A Silent Struggle for Survival In the heart of Nigeria’s bustling capital, Abuja, a stark warning resonates from the Nigeria Health Watch Roundtable: the nation stands on the precipice of a silent crisis, grappling with a “triple burden” of malnutrition. This term paints a grim picture, embodying a complex web of undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies that threatens the health and future of millions—especially the youngest among us. Understanding the Triple Burden As…

malnutrition is widespread in Kasaï-Central, affected by

President Félix Tshisekedi's stronghold, the province of Kasaï-Central is experiencing more and more shortcomings. Due to the lack of roads, most things happen with bicycles. The situation is particularly pressing for the World Food Program, as the province is suffering from several types of malnutrition. With our special…

Greater than 1 million teenagers in southern Sudan are vulnerable to demise from serious acute malnutrition

Chronic struggle, floods and displacement have pushed no less than 1,000,000 teenagers on the earth's youngest country in South Sudan to the verge of collapse of hunger. Nation. "New knowledge presentations a dramatic enlarge in meals lack of confidence that has pushed 1,000,000 teenagers to the verge of collapse of hunger - to boot as forecasts that this determine will enlarge via 13% in the primary half of of subsequent 12 months," Save the Adolescents stated Wednesday with the group's appearing…

At the very least 30% of youngsters undergo from acute malnutrition in South Sudan

A county in southern Sudan might be ravenous and tens of hundreds of individuals in 5 different counties are ravenous, based on a brand new report by worldwide meals safety consultants. Nowhere on the planet has there been a famine because it was declared virtually 4 years in the past within the unitary state of South Sudan when the civil battle raged. Western Pibor County is now feared to have reached the extent of disaster, the results of large floods and lethal violence that has prevented entry to…