Child malnutrition is a devastating consequence of the conflict in Sudan

T Noorallah, A Elgadi, F Altayeb - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
T Noorallah, A Elgadi, F Altayeb
bmj, 2024bmj.com
… Wars are well known to have a detrimental effect on the nutritional status of countries;
children living in conflict zones are twice as likely to be malnourished as those in stable
areas.8 The negative effects of war were clear in Sudan long before the current conflicts—in
the conflict affected area of Darfur, for example, the rate of children’s malnutrition was 16% (exceeding
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ emergency threshold of 15%), and in
Khartoum, it was estimated to be 12.8% before the recent … In tackling child malnutrition …
War in Sudan is worsening malnutrition in children. Adaptable and resilient nutrition programmes are needed to mitigate further harm to health, write Tibyan Noorallah, Ammar Elgadi, and Fatima Altayeb
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