3.7 million children are at risk of severe malnutrition in Sudan
Two United Nations agencies have said that 3.7 million children under the age of five in Sudan are at risk of facing malnutrition and warn of the worst humanitarian situation in the country.
Two United Nations agencies have said that 3.7 million children under the age of five in Sudan are at risk of facing malnutrition and warn of the worst humanitarian situation in the country.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have issued a joint statement saying: "There are 3.7 million children under the age of five who are expected to suffer from severe malnutrition every year this alone and they need emergency life-saving treatment."
According to the statement, the children are already weakened by hunger. If aid does not reach them quickly, there is an 11-fold chance that these children will die from preventable diseases.
Two senior officials, namely the Assistant Commissioner for Operations of UNHCR, Raouf Mazou, and the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Ted Chaiban, have also emphasized that an important issue in the provision of aid is to ensure that the communities in need of aid throughout Sudan are reached safely and without of any restrictions.
They have said, the United Nations organizations responsible for providing aid need to be allowed by the authorities that control various areas to reach the affected communities.
According to the statement, Sudan is currently one of the places with the biggest refugee crises in the world, where more than 11 million people have fled their homes, inside and outside the country's borders.
According to the United Nations, half of the population of Sudan ie approximately 25 million people need humanitarian aid and protection in the country.
