Malnutrition in Biltine (Chad)

Malnutrition

More than 232 million children around the world last year suffered from malnutrition. It is the underlying contributing factor in nearly half of the deaths of children under five years of age.

Malnutrition can lead to a weakened immune system meaning children are more vulnerable to disease. These diseases can lead to further malnutrition, creating a vicious cycle of malnutrition and disease.

MSF first introduced specific therapeutic foods to treat malnutrition on a large scale as long ago as 2005, which has been widely used since; but access to specific and necessary nutrition remains one of the major challenges in reducing child mortality, especially in conflict-affected countries, where they are most vulnerable.

 

Quick facts about malnutrition

 
Malnutrition in northwest Nigeria. Nigeria news. Naija news. Nigeria border.
Nigeria

Neglected humanitarian crisis escalates in northwest Nigeria

Press Release 14 Mar 2024
 
MSF clinic in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, Sudan.
Sudan

News24 | At least one child dying every two hours in Sudan's Zamzam camp, charity reports

Latest News 15 Feb 2024
 
View of mother and child waiting at MSF clinic in Zamzam camp, 15 km from El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Sudan: Alarming death rates and malnutrition crisis in North Darfur

Press Release 5 Feb 2024
 
Image of Marta Kaliba, MSF patient in Sudan, South Sudan.
South Sudan

Sudan: "I am not a refugee, I am a mother who has lost her children fleeing a conflict."

Patient and Staff Stories 20 Oct 2023
 
MSF appeals for immediate response to Sudanese refugee crisis in Chad
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF appeals for immediate response to Sudanese refugee crisis in Chad

Latest News 29 Aug 2023
 
Malnutrition_nigeria_borno
Malnutrition

Nigeria: MSF alerts on unprecedented number of malnourished children to treat in Maiduguri, weeks before the start of hunger gap period

Press Release 28 Apr 2023