In Baidoa, Somalia, mothers queue for hours at one of the few remaining health clinics, aware that even life-saving vaccines may soon run out.

A wave of aid cuts has forced Save the Children to close a quarter of its health and nutrition centres—just as hunger and malnutrition are on the rise.

At the heart of the crisis are children under five. Some 1.7 million now suffer from acute malnutrition.

In a region already battered by drought, conflict and displacement, the loss of vaccines and basic care risks becoming a final, devastating blow.

Al Jazeera