Even small drops in national income can significantly increase the risk of various forms of childhood malnutrition—not only ...

Meanwhile, the millions of children suffering from acute malnutrition cannot wait. If the United States can build on one of its greatest global public health successes, they won’t have to. Comments ...

UNICEF estimates that there are over 700,000 children in Sudan currently suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition. Without urgent care and treatment, they are at high risk of death.

“And for some children and young people, they can see no way out of this trap.” The State of Poverty report for Buttle UK, a charity supporting children and young people in crisis, heard from ...

Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a survey conducted by humanitarian agencies.

Besides making children more susceptible to diseases and infections, the nutrition expert said malnutrition slows wound healing and delays the recovery of children suffering from infections.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates.

Malnutrition isn’t always something we think much about, but every year it’s a factor in the deaths of 2 million children younger than 5 worldwide.

With UNICEF support, over 2 million children aged six to 59 months in South Sudan were screened for malnutrition in 2024, and over 338,000 were admitted for treatment.

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Children in northern Nigeria are suffering from acute malnutrition, aid groups say Nigeria has one of Africa's largest economies but is seeing record rates of child malnutrition. Aid groups call ...