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24/05/22 14:10 PM IST

UNICEF warns of more child deaths as food costs soar

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  • An increasing number of children are likely to die from “severe wasting” as the price of food and life-saving treatment rises.
  • The effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing damage due to climate change, are causing a “spiraling global food crisis,” the UN agency for children warned.
Major Findings of the report 
  • In the report titled “Child Alert”, UNICEF has highlighted that 6,00,000 more children across the globe will most probably be missing out on essential treatments.
  • It also highlighted that the cost of raw materials that are used to produce ready-to-eat packs to bring the malnourished children back to health has risen by a 16% margin.
  • The price of raw materials for the ready-to-eat packs to bring malnourished children back to health had risen by 16%. UNICEF would need extra funding to make up the difference.
  • The world is rapidly becoming a virtual tinderbox of preventable child deaths and child suffering from wasting.
Severe wasting
  • Severe wasting is the most visible and deadly form of malnutrition. It is accompanied by repeated bouts of illness that compromise a child’s immune system.
  • This means that common childhood illnesses that youngsters would normally overcome can prove fatal.
  • Currently, there are 13.5 million children under the age of five who are suffering from it.
  • At least 2 in 3 children who are severely malnourished do not have access to ready-to-use therapeutic food
Source- Indian Express 

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