UN Agencies Boost Effort to Avoid 'Catastrophic Loss' of Young Children's lives | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

In South Sudan, every two minutes a child becomes severely malnourished. Brutal conflict has displaced millions of people, destroyed basic services and increased disease. Two United Nations Agencies, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), are intensifying their efforts to reverse "dire" malnutrition in South Sudan.

The two agencies jointly announced to launch a nutrition response plan, covering all States in South Sudan. This plan will help children, pregnant women and new mothers in preventing acute malnutrition in the country until May 2016.

The nutrition programme in South Sudan is funded by, among others, the European Commission, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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