With 6.5 million people – a third of the population – in Malawi facing acute food shortage, UNICEF has committed to continue vital nutrition support for the country’s 300,000 children who are at risk of malnutrition in the current emergency.
The UN agency has just completed a mass screening of under five children, and reached 1.3 million childrenacross 25 districts in the country.
UNICEF started the campaign in early November, reaching 1.3 million of the targeted 1.8 million children.
Statistics show that cases of children admitted with either severe or moderate acute malnutrition in the country’s health centres have increased from 43,891 to71,019 representing a 62 percent jump in admissions over 5 months, compared to same period last year.
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