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At least 730 children in Somalia have already died from severe acute malnutrition. UNICEF calls for more support as deteriorating conditions lead areas of Somalia's Bay region to the brink of famine.
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Somalia has suffered droughts throughout its history, Chinyama with UNICEF says, but now they are more frequent. "So, for example, now in 2022, we have a drought. The last one was in 2017," he says.
Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by ...
One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths of children on a scale not seen in half a century, a ...
UNICEF warns that unprecedented number of children are likely to die in drought-stricken, famine prone Somalia without greater, immediate action from international community to provide lifesaving ...
Nick Schifrin: Victor Chinyama is UNICEF's Somalia spokesperson. Victor Chinyama: The capacity of families and communities to withstand these climatic shocks gets eroded every single year.
While marking World Breastfeeding Week this year, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in Somalia, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) called for a ...
Mogadishu, Somalia -- In a stark revelation highlighting the deepening humanitarian crisis in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 63 percent of Somali children ...
While marking World Breastfeeding Week this year, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in Somalia, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) called for a ...
New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices.
Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia will be hit ...