Since the October 2025 ceasefire, large-scale assistance has driven improvements in food security and nutrition conditions across the Gaza Strip; however needs remain high.     The nutrition situation has improved considerably since early 2026, with all analysed governorates classified in IPC Ac [...]

In the analysed areas of the Grand South and Grand South-East, the nutritional situation remains fragile. Between May 2026 and April 2027, approximately 502,000 children under the age of five are suffering or likely to suffer acute malnutrition. Among them, an estimated 78,000 children are expect [...]

Acute malnutrition remains a significant concern in the Karamoja region in Uganda. Between March 2026 and February 2027, approximately 122,100 children (aged 6–59 months) are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition, including 30,600 severely malnourished cases, alongside 8,000 pregnant and brea [...]

Nearly 1.88 million children are now expected to require treatment for acute malnutrition in Somalia in 2026—42,000 more than previously projected. Burhakaba District has reached IPC AMN Phase 5 (Extremely Critical) and faces a risk of Famine under a plausible worst-case scenario.  The updated [...]

The acute malnutrition situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate. Similarly to acute food insecurity, this projection update shows an increase in the number of children suffering acute malnutrition from 2.1 million to 2.2 million, representing approximately 90,000 additional cases requiring [...]

Rates of acute malnutrition for vulnerable populations are concerning across 45 rural districts in Pakistan’s Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces. The situation is driven primarily by seasonal diseases, inadequate feeding and caring practices, poor child dietary diversity, limited [...]

Extremely Critical acute malnutrition (IPC AMN Phase 5) is confirmed in Mandera, North Horr/Chalbi (Marsabit), and Turkana South and East in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs). Laisamis is projected to deteriorate to IPC AMN Phase 5 by March-June 2026. IPC AMN Phase 5, the most severe and [...]

Acute malnutrition in Mali is expected to decline by 29 percent compared to last year, but levels remain high with 1.12 million children aged 6–59 months and 91,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women estimated to suffer from acute malnutrition between November 2025 and October 2026. This includes 227 [...]

Levels of acute malnutrition in Somalia have risen for two consecutive years. From January–December 2026, an estimated 1.84 million children aged 6–59 months are expected to suffer acute malnutrition, including 483,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) that require urgent treatment.  Bet [...]

Around 72,000 children aged 6 to 59 months and over 19,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are suffering or expected to suffer from acute malnutrition between November 2025 and October 2026. In the current period (November 2025–April 2026), corresponding to the lean season, Doa District is classi [...]