"A UNICEF nutrition survey released this week found that 53 percent of children under 5 in North Darfur's Umm Baru locality are acutely malnourished. Further, one in six children under 5 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, "a life-threatening condition that can kill a child in weeks if left untreated," the group noted. It is one of the worst levels of hunger ever recorded in a UN emergency hunger assessment, at more than three times the World Health Organization's emergency threshold of 15 percent."
""When severe acute malnutrition reaches this level, time becomes the most critical factor," said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a statement. "Children in Umm Baru are fighting for their lives and need immediate help. Every day without safe and unhindered access increases the risk of children growing weaker and more death and suffering from causes that are entirely preventable.""
A nutrition survey found that 53 percent of children under five in North Darfur's Umm Baru are acutely malnourished. One in six children under five suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a life-threatening condition that can kill a child within weeks if untreated. The prevalence is more than three times the World Health Organization emergency threshold of 15 percent, representing one of the worst hunger levels recorded in UN emergency assessments. North Darfur is the epicentre of the starvation crisis, with 85,000 children admitted for severe malnourishment in November alone. Many residents fled el-Fasher and now require immediate, safe, unhindered humanitarian access and urgent treatment to prevent further deaths.
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