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Letmedhin Eyasu holds her son Zewila Gebru, 1 year old, who is suffering from malnutrition at Agbe Health Center in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Zewila was provided with 2 weeks supply of RUTF.

25 October 2021

Treating Children with Undernutrition

A specially formulated peanut paste, which is a type of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), has proven an essential resource for treating children.

Courtesy visit by the UNICEF Senegal Representative to the Chinese Ambassador to Senegal

China donates US$ 1 million to Senegal for the treatment of children suffering from severe wasting

A girl jumps over a barrier during a PE class at a middle school in Panzhou, Guizhou Province, in November 2020.

HEALTHY WEIGHT AMONG CHILDREN

A UNICEF PRIORITY FOR 2021-2025

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As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns

Securing healthy diets for the billions who cannot afford them would save trillions in costs

Juba, South Sudan, Daughter Afra is being checked for malnourishment.

Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries

Annual report on acute food security and nutrition published today

UNICEF China is supporting the Ministry of Health to fight stunting in rural China by targeting pregnant women, children under two years and their caregivers.

A Child's First 1,000 Days Last Forever

Stunted growth in the first months of life – affecting 8 million children in China – can cause irreversible impairment

22 February 2012

Lifelong effects of infant malnutrition

Focus on "stunting" in China

31 January 2012

Stunting is the Global Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of

Chronic malnutrition affects children's bodies and brains and has received far too little attention for too long