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Over 3k Palestinian children admitted for acute malnutrition, UN report st
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to OCHA, in March, 3,696 Palestinian children were newly admitted for acute malnutrition, which marked a stark increase compared with the number in February, which was 2,027, as per Al Jazeera.
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UNICEF provides treatment to over 2,70,000 malnourished children in Afghan
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
UNICEF Afghanistan tweeted on Thursday: “In the first five months of this year, UNICEF supported treatment for 273,000 children with severe acute malnutrition, with approximately 60,000 treated in May alone.”
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Pakistan: Severe Acute Malnutrition among infants stand at 14 pc
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The French government has donated EUR 3.5 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) in support of the ongoing flood response for Pakistani women and children suffering from life-threatening malnutrition.
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Two-Thirds of Afghanistan population face food insecurity: Human Rights Wa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Two-thirds of the country's population is food insecure, including 875,000 children facing acute malnutrition. Women and girls remain most at risk," said Human Rights Watch.
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Afghanistan remains one of world's worst humanitarian disasters: Human Rig
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The organization in a statement said two-thirds of Afghanistan's population is food insecure, including 875,000 children facing acute malnutrition and women and girls remain at most risk.
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UNICEF warns of critical funding gap for treatment of malnutrition in Afgh
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Thousands of malnourished children in Afghanistan face severe consequences because of a critical funding gap, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Melanie Galvin, UNICEF's Chief of Nutrition, said on the organization's official Twitter account on Thursday that it urgent
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Amid food shortage, over 3 million Afghan children face acute malnutrition
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid reeling economic crisis and political turmoil, the sufferings of Afghan children have gone worse as the World Food Programme underlined that an estimated amount of 875,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in 2023 in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported on Friday.
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Over 1 in 9 children in flood-affected areas of Pakistan suffering from se
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 23 (ANI): In the aftermath of the devastating floods in Pakistan, health facilities are reporting alarming levels of severe acute malnutrition among children in affected areas, UNICEF has warned.
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Study finds child malnutrition gets worsened by extreme heat exposure
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI): Cornell University research has found that exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries, threatening to reverse decades of progress.
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UN provides USD 20 mn for drought emergency in Somalia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], June 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations relief envoy in Somalia has launched a new allocation of USD 20 million from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) to provide immediate assistance to communities at risk of famine in priority locations.
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Need for Accelerated Community Program to Counter SAM as Pandemic Ebbs: CM
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): With COVID pandemic receding after a milder third wave and life getting back to normal, there is need for an accelerated Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) program to prevent children from falling prey to life threatening Sever
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Need to address Micronutrient Deficiency and Severe Acute Malnutrition on
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Micronutrient deficiency and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) are important public health challenges and need to be addressed in right earnest.
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