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Need for humanitarian aid in Africa

Content Editor: Himabindu Reddy

September 8, 2023 at 12:30:00 PM

Global health, Child health, Food insecurity, UN

Content Editor: Himabindu Reddy

  • United Nations agencies warn that in the absence of humanitarian aid:

  1. Almost a million under-five children could end up with severe malnutrition

  2. 200,000 will be at risk of starving to death by the end of this year. 

  • The complex interplay of negative forces has led to severe food insecurity, which may progress to a famine in the Menaka region of Mali.

  • These factors include:

  1. Continued conflicts, 

  2. Violence

  3. Climate shocks 

  4. Lack of access to humanitarian aid  

  • The UNICEF authorities have highlighted the need for urgent aid in this landlocked crisis-ridden region to:

  1. Alleviate hunger

  2. Provide medical aid 

  3. Ensure drugs and vaccine supply as required.

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