![]() ![]() Drought in the Horn of Africa means the number of children with severe wasting could quickly rise from 1.7 million to 2 million, while a 26 per cent increase is predicted in the Sahel compared to 2018. In Afghanistan, for example, 1.1 million children are expected to suffer from severe wasting this year, nearly double the number in 2018. And across the rest of the world, countries are facing historically high rates of severe wasting. South Asia remains the ‘epicentre’ of severe wasting, where roughly 1 in 22 children is severely wasted, three times as high as sub-Saharan Africa. Worldwide, at least 13.6 million children under five suffer from severe wasting, resulting in 1 in 5 deaths among this age group. Severe wasting – where children are too thin for their height resulting in weakened immune systems – is the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition. A sixteen per cent price increase may sound manageable in the context of global food markets, but at the end of that supply chain is a desperately malnourished child, for whom the stakes are not manageable at all,” said Russell. “For millions of children every year, these sachets of therapeutic paste are the difference between life and death. ![]() Shipping and delivery costs are also expected to remain high. This could leave up to 600,000 additional children without access to life-saving treatment at current spending levels. Meanwhile, the price of ready-to-use therapeutic food is projected to increase by up to 16 per cent over the next six months due to a sharp rise in the cost of raw ingredients. UNICEF warns that a combination of global shocks to food security worldwide – led by the war in Ukraine, economies struggling with pandemic recovery, and persistent drought conditions in some countries due to climate change – is creating conditions for a significant increase in global levels of severe wasting. “The world is rapidly becoming a virtual tinderbox of preventable child deaths and child suffering from wasting.”Ĭurrently, at least 10 million severely wasted children – or 2 in 3 – do not have access to the most effective treatment for wasting, ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF). ![]() “Even before the war in Ukraine placed a strain on food security worldwide, conflict, climate shocks and COVID-19 were already wreaking havoc on families’ ability to feed their children,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. Released today, Severe wasting: An overlooked child survival emergency shows that in spite of rising levels of severe wasting in children and rising costs for life-saving treatment, global financing to save the lives of children suffering from wasting is also under threat. NEW YORK, - The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiralling global food crisis - and it’s getting worse, UNICEF warned in a new Child Alert. Soaring food prices driven by the war in Ukraine and pandemic-fuelled budget cuts set to drive up both need for, and cost of life-saving therapeutic food treatment, the latter by up to 16 per cent Download Report (PDF | 233.54 KB | Arabic version).This initiative aims to update the city’s business community and citizens on how far Odense Municipality is with the climate action plan, which will set the framework for how the city becomes carbon neutral by 2030.Īmong the other inspiring special guests, the Economy for the Common Good (ECG) founder Christian Felber will be participating with a talk on sustainable economy and business on Thursday 23 June: ”How can the economy work for the good of society and the world?” On this day, Tinderbox FORUM is open to participants with a conference ticket, and on Friday 24 June, admission is free for all interested parties with or without a festival ticket.įor more information, visit the Tinderbox website. In collaboration with Odense Municipality, for the first time in 2022, they are opening a space for sustainable development.įORUM is a two-day conference on Tinderbox, featuring Danish and international speakers focused on climate, environment, sustainable development and future solutions in business and society. Every year it presents a broad lineup of international and Danish artists. Tinderbox is one of Denmark’s largest music festivals focused on sustainability, diversity, traditions and local anchoring.
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