What you need to know: The screening process involves an appetite test and weight checks to determine a child’s condition. Every two weeks, Ms Miriam Amoit Lapyem, a Village Health Team (VHT) member ...

The intervention funding from UNICEF and UNHRC, aims to identify and treat at least 20,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition through mass community outreach across 13 refugee ...

Fatuma Humad takes a MUAC measurement of Aradi, 2, as her mother Zahara Ega Ahmed looks on. MUAC data helps health workers like Humad determine which residents of her village, Guhom, are suffering ...

Between Jan 2024 and Aug 2025, peaks in the prevalence of acute malnutrition match periods of severe aid restrictions. More than 54,600 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, ...

Across Cambodia, undernutrition continues to threaten child survival and development, and a recent border crisis has only heightened the risks. UNICEF, with support from the Child Nutrition Fund, is ...

More than 54,600 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, including over 12,800 severely so, with few therapeutic options available to them. With measurements up to the middle of ...