MEDSF Malnutrition

Malnutrition crisis in Nigeria is an emergency

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:47:32 +0000

Katrin Kisswani describes the devastating malnutrition crisis is unfolding in Kebbi state, northern Nigeria.

Aid cuts threaten refugee lives in Gambella, Ethiopia

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:23:13 +0000

Significant aid cuts in Ethiopia’s Gambella region are threatening refugee lives, as basic services like food distribution, healthcare, clean water, and disease prevention rapidly deteriorate.

MEDSF treats the long-term consequences of malnutrition among children in Nigeria

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:15:56 +0000

Children who have survived malnutrition can have long-term health consequences that need to be addressed early enough so as to not cause irreversible damage.

Mobilisation is needed to avoid further deaths from malnutrition in northern Nigeria

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:35:57 +0000

In the first six months of 2025, our teams treated nearly 70,000 children for malnutrition in Katsina state in northern Nigeria.

MEDSF finds 1 in 4 young children and pregnant women malnourished at Gaza facilities

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:22:29 +0000

At screenings in our facilities in Gaza last week, 25 per cent of young children and pregnant women were malnourished.

MEDSF responds to growing needs in Walikale DRC

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:53:28 +0000

People in Walikale, in North Kivu, DRC, have been displaced by conflict and are now facing food insecurity.

Two MEDSF facilities in Gaza reach all-time high acute malnutrition levels

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:29:31 +0000

Our teams are witnessing an unprecedented rise in acute malnutrition among people in Gaza, Palestine.

Dedicated health professionals improve care for people on Kiribati

Fri, 23 May 2025 12:47:19 +0000

Kiribati has some of the highest burdens of disease in the Pacific region, and one of the lowest rates of access to primary healthcare. MEDSF’s collaboration with the Ministry of Health is helping to strengthen care for women and children in remote communities.

Worsening malnutrition crisis in South Darfur

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:45:21 +0000

The upcoming rainy season in South Darfur, Sudan, will worsen an existing malnutrition crisis if action is not taken now.

Children diagnosed with malnutrition on Samos island Greece

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:17:11 +0000

Our medical team has reported six cases of malnutrition among children at the closed controlled access centre on Samos island, Greece.