Rising Malnutrition Puts Children's Lives At Grave Risk In Gaza
As the conflict in Gaza enters its 20th week, an unprecedentedly rapid rise in malnutrition is threatening the lives of children.
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As the conflict in Gaza enters its 20th week, an unprecedentedly rapid rise in malnutrition is threatening the lives of children.
A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new analysis released by the Global Nutrition Cluster.As the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip enters its 20th week, food and safe water have become incredibly scarce and diseases are rife, compromising women and children’s nutrition and immunity and resulting in a surge of acute malnutrition.The report “Nutrition Vulnerability and Situation Analysis - Gaza” – finds that the situation is particularly extreme in the North...
When the number of dead, missing, and wounded are added up, the figure comes to over 100,000, or four percent of the population of Gaza.
The UN warns that acute malnutrition and the spread of diseases could spark an “explosion” in preventable child deaths in Gaza.
UNICEF says the scarcity of food is compromising women's and children’s nutrition and immunity, resulting in a surge of acute malnutrition.