As child malnutrition mounts UN agencies issue call to action

As child malnutrition mounts UN agencies issue call to action

As child malnutrition mounts UN agencies issue call to action

The collective response comes under the UN Global Action Plan on Child Wasting a joint effort to prevent detect and treat wasting globally. The plan outlines the critical need for a multi-sectoral approach to acute malnutrition including priority actions across food health nutrition water and sanitation and social protection systems.

Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the ...

United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. Conflict climate shocks the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and rising costs of living are leaving increasing numbers of children acutely malnourished while key health ...

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