Over 250,000 children facing malnutrition in Haiti amid violence
An estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months in Haiti are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition between June 2026 and May 2027.
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An estimated 253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months in Haiti are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition between June 2026 and May 2027.
Hostilities in Yemen are forcing families from their homes, killing and injuring children and disrupting access to health care and education.
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the recent fire in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that claimed the lives of at least 26 children and injured 25 others.
Violence is disrupting thousands of children's ability to reach and remain in education safely in Palestine's West Bank.
84 metric tonnes of critical humanitarian supplies landed in Nepal.
Attacks in Gaza have destroyed a warehouse containing nutrition supplies and severely damaged a UNICEF-supported water facility.
Children across Rasuwa and Dhading in Nepal saw their lives being literally washed away in front of their eyes after flash floods.
Across Afghanistan, 3,7 million children are currently suffering from wasting – they are acutely malnourished, including around 1 million with life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.
At least 16 people were killed and more than 140 injured, including 23 children, in an attack by the Russian Armed Forces in August.