UN warns: 1 million children at risk
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that around 970,000 children in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are at risk of severe acute malnutrition this year due to rising food prices, conflict and the effects of climate change.
CALL MADE
The declaration urged governments to increase national investment to make child nutrition a national priority and address malnutrition.
Noting that approximately 430,000 children are at risk in Niger, the statement also noted that the number of children at risk in Mali is 367,000.
THE RATE INCREASED 31 PERCENT
It was also highlighted that in the Sahel countries Burkina Faso, Chad, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal and in northern Cameroon, the number of children who went to hospital for malnutrition last year increased by 31 percent. percent compared to until 2021 and reached 1.9 million.
10 MILLION CHILDREN…
UNICEF announced in March that 10 million children in the Sahel need humanitarian aid. (AA)
Source: Sozcu
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