US EditionUNICEF sounds alarm as 1 in 6 children suffer ‘severe acute malnutrition’ in Sudan
- On Monday, UNICEF warned of an unprecedented child malnutrition crisis in Um Baru locality, North Darfur, after a SMART survey found a 53 per cent GAM rate and one in six children severely malnourished.
- The intensified fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has driven mass displacement, with more than 12 million people displaced and worsening food insecurity in the Darfur region.
- Survey teams said data collection was shortened by one day due to insecurity but met minimum SMART requirements, screening almost 500 children between 19 and 23 December; measles vaccination coverage was 24 per cent and Vitamin A coverage 11 per cent.
- The crude mortality rate has reached emergency levels, and North Darfur had nearly 85,000 severely malnourished children admitted for treatment by November, prompting UNICEF to preposition Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food.
- About 30 million people across Sudan need humanitarian assistance, and UNICEF warned each day without safe access raises preventable child death risks, urging the international community to press for a humanitarian pause.
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"Rather away from a childhood that deserves this name": almost every fifth child in this world does not live in peace. Many become victims of sexual violence, while others lack medical care and education.
UNICEF sounds alarm as 1 in 6 children suffer ‘severe acute malnutrition’ in Sudan
The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has warned of an “unprecedented level” of child malnutrition in the war-torn region of North Darfur and called for immediate access to children and families trapped by the conflict.
Never before have so many children grown up in areas of crisis and conflict as today: almost one in five children, almost twice as many as in the mid-1990s.
2025 was a bad year for many children. This shows a record of Unicef. But the relief agency also emphasizes: Even among the most difficult Bedin-Guns, progress is possible.
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