The total acute malnutrition burden estimate has increased from 2.1 million to 2.3 million children under five in need of treatment — a 10.5 percent increase, representing an additional 218,000 malnourished children. Additionally, 714,439 children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition, and 1.2 [...]

Nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished over the next 11 months (April 2025-March 2026). Of these, 14,100 cases are expected to be severe. In addition, nearly 17,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women also require treatment for acute malnutrition during thi [...]

In late March, the IPC Technical Working Group in Somalia conducted an update of their analysis released in February 2025. This update reflects the likely impact of the major reduction in humanitarian assistance funding announced recently and also a likely further increase in population displacement [...]

The IPC acute malnutrition situation shows for the current period (October 2024 to February 2025) disparate trends in malnutrition levels in all counties compared to February 2024. Some areas have improved, such as Kilifi and Saku (Marsabit), now in IPC AMN Phase 2 (Alert). However, conditions have [...]

The acute malnutrition situation in Chad remains similar to the situation last year (2023-2024) with slight variations. Approximately 2 million children aged 6 to 59 months are suffering or expected to suffer acute malnutrition between October 2024 and September 2025 with 537,000 cases of severe acu [...]

An estimated 1.7 million children between 6-59 months in Somalia will likely suffer acute malnutrition in 2025, including 466,000 cases of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and 1.2 million Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) cases. Around 64 percent of cases are concentrated in southern Somalia. Compare [...]

Between August 2024 to July 2025, approximately 425,637 children aged 6-59 months are facing/expected to face elevated levels of acute malnutrition in 26 provinces, 18 municipalities and one region. The number of cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is expected to be 110,308. As for pregnant and [...]

Nearly 1.7 million children, aged 6 to 59 months, are projected to suffer acute malnutrition between August 2024 and July 2025. This includes 412,400 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and almost 1.3 million cases of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Additionally, 96,200 pregnant and breastfe [...]

Nearly 3.5 million children, aged 6 to 59 months, are suffering or projected to suffer acute malnutrition between June 2024 and May 2025 and require urgent interventions. This includes 867,300 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and almost 2.6 million cases of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). [...]

Between April 2024 and March 2025, approximately 54,000 children aged 6-59 months and 9,800 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) are suffering or projected to suffer acute malnutrition in the 13 refugee settlements and urban refugee populations. This corresponds to a 53 and 26 percent reduction f [...]