Overview
- UNICEF reports about 9,300 children under five were treated for severe malnutrition in October despite a truce intended to expand aid.
- Consignments of therapeutic food are being delayed or rejected, routes are blocked, and insecurity restricts movement, limiting relief operations.
- Roughly 38% of pregnant women were acutely malnourished between July and September, contributing to more premature and underweight births.
- The monthly average of low‑birthweight newborns rose to about 460 in July–September, while first‑day neonatal deaths increased 75% to 47 per month versus 2022.
- UNICEF says child malnutrition admissions are five times the February level, with some infants under 1 kilogram in hospitals, and 8,300 pregnant or breastfeeding women received treatment for acute malnutrition in October.