India, Feb. 20 -- 1 in 6 children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished

As the conflict in Gaza Strip enters its 20th week, malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women poses severe risk to their health, United Nations warned on February 19, 2024.

Food and safe water have become extremely scarce and diseases are rampant, jeopardising women's and children's nutrition and immunity, resulting in a surge in acute malnutrition, humanitarian coordination mechanism Global Nutrition Cluster found in a comprehensive new analysis.

The analysis also found alarming statistics: One in six children under two years' age in Northern Gaza are acutely malnourished, a staggering 15.6 per cent increase from just months ago. Nearly...