UNICEF says funding is urgently needed for its relief mission in Sierra Leone, one of the countries impacted by the Ebola virus.
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Severe nutrition crisis in Ulang, South Sudan
Towns in Upper Nile state of South Sudan are showing extremely high rates of malnutrition. The United Nations, in a report issued today, said an assessment in Ulang showed a global acute malnutrition rate of 45 percent. Malnutrition causes lasting physical and mental damage in small children.
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Kenya: refugees malnourished, funding at risk
Over 43,000 victims of South Sudan‘s war have fled to Kenya, but hunger has followed them. A report from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) says that 24 percent of arriving child refugees under five were suffering from acute malnutrition.
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UNICEF: Children at risk of starvation in South Sudan
UNICEF sent out a warning today that “tens of thousands of children under the age of five remain at risk of malnutrition-related death in South Sudan.” The war in South Sudan, between the government and opposition groups, has destroyed food supplies and internally displaced 1.4 million people.
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Saving the children in Darfur, Sudan
Darfur and Sudan will not escape the legacy of war and poverty with its children suffering from hunger. The statistics on malnutrition in the country are staggering.
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UNICEF feeds children in freed Iraqi town
The UN children’s agency UNICEF continues to bring aid to the Iraqi town of Amirli. After a two-month siege by ISIL, Amirli was freed by U.S. airstrikes on the terrorist army.
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UNICEF brings supplies, mayor to town besieged by ISIS
UNICEF just delivered 45 metric tons of life-saving aid to the Iraqi town of Amirli. A seven truck convoy of supplies arrived to the town following a two-month siege by the ISIS terrorist army.
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U.S. donation helps strategy shift in Yemen
The United States is scaling up its efforts to fight hunger in Yemen. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday announced a US $40 million donation from America. WFP will use the funds in assisting 2.8 million hungry Yemenis.
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UNICEF races to stop malnutrition in Iraq
As the war inside Iraq continues, malnutrition is an increasing threat among children. UNICEF is rushing to provide desperately needed food for children under the age of 5.
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Burkina Faso: malnourished children may lose life-saving Plumpy’Sup
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said this week that its nutrition programs in Burkina Faso may cease because of low funding. This means hungry children will not receive Plumpy’Sup, a food that fights potentially deadly malnutrition.
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