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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Lebanon/Malnutrition in children

Published on: 17 March, 2022
Nutrition/Middle East & North Africa.

Nutrition/Middle East & North Africa.

An upsurge in international fuel and food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine is deteriorating Lebanon’s unprecedented economic failure.

Previously the UN reported that  200,000 children under the age of five are suffering from some form of malnutrition, possibly leading to lifelong harmful consequences.

The UNICEF had been collecting data from children.

Results showed that children under the age of 5 suffer some sort of malnutrition anemia, stunting, and wasting.

 “These numbers are likely to rise significantly unless rapid, concerted action is taken,” the UNICEF NUTRITION IN TIMES OF CRISIS said. https://www.unicef.org/mena/media/15746/file/Nutrition%20in%20Times%20of%20Crisis.pdf

Aljazeera/The UNICEF.