Somalia: Malnutrition and disease rise sharply among children as famine looms

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 30 March 2017 – As the spectre of famine hangs once again over Somalia, early numbers show an increasing number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and cholera or acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) — a combination that killed many children in the famine of 2011. More than 35,400 children suffering from … Continued

UNICEF report warns half a million children could starve in Ethiopia

Photos, BROLL video and report available for download here: http://uni.cf/29w1son Major new UNICEF report shows: In Ethiopia, 10.2 million people, including 6 million children face severe food insecurity – half a million children face starvation. El Niño weather event is over, for now, but its impact on children is set to worsen as disease and … Continued

Children will bear the brunt of climate change: UNICEF

More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence 160 million live in high drought severity areas NEW YORK/GENEVA, 25 November 2015 – More  than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly exposed to … Continued

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