"CHILD NUTRITION"

Almost 8 million children under 5 in 15 crisis-hit countries are at risk of death from severe wasting unless they receive immediate therapeutic food and care – with the number rising by the minute, UNICEF warned today as world leaders prepare to meet at the G7 summit. UNICEF

A new joint report from WHO and UNICEF details exploitative practices employed by 55 billion USD formula milk industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments. WHO

As 2021 approaches, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen. UNICEF / FILE

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school closures could further entrench inequalities in access to learning, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a video message released today. UNIFEED

An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously undernourished – in 2020 as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned today. UNICEF

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children, food and nutrition. UNICEF

UNICEF estimates that 260,000 children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and in need of lifesaving treatment. Thousands of children from Kasai who have fled with their families to the neighboring Provinces of Kwilu and Kwango are also suffering from malnutrition. UNICEF

On 25 May, a month after the 7.8 Richter scale earthquake struck Nepal, UNICEF, in partnership with Youth for World Nepal, a local non-governmental organization (NGO) helped a local District Health Office launch an emergency nutrition program. UNICEF

According to UNICEF, Chad has one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in the world with over 16 percent of children under five suffering from the condition. And now failed rains and low crop yields are causing a dramatic increase in rates of malnutrition - not only in Chad, but throughout the Sahel region. UNICEF