Child survival gains in Ethiopia threatened by malnutrition
UNICEF UK - May 23, 2008

Deemah Rashid, from the Borena tribe, holds her youngest child inside the mud hut where she and her family live. The family moved to the settlement after their herd of cattle died in the 2006 drought.

An estimated 126,000 children in Ethiopia are in need of urgent care for severe malnutrition. UNICEF today cautioned that up to 6 million children under-5 years of age are living in impoverished, drought prone districts and require urgent preventive health and nutritional care.

The situation is the worst since the major humanitarian crisis of 2003, and is rapidly deteriorating. UNICEF urgently requires 25 million pounds for its health, nutrition and water/sanitation work. Read More.