{"id":127008,"date":"2025-05-28T10:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=127008"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:58:57","slug":"wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have launched a joint initiative targeting 15 crisis-affected countries to eradicate child wasting\u2014the deadliest form of malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 45 million children under 5 suffering globally, nearly two-thirds reside in these flashpoints, including South Sudan and Ethiopia, where conflict, climate disasters, and funding shortages exacerbate hunger, according to an article published on Reliefweb.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In South Sudan, 3 million mothers and children face malnutrition\u2014over a quarter of the population. WFP provides life-saving peanut paste and hygiene training, but aid cuts have halved rations. Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region mirrors the crisis, with wasting rates exceeding emergency thresholds. WFP risks halting aid to 2 million Ethiopians by June without urgent funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The partnership aims to streamline resources, combining food delivery with nutrition education and early intervention. “Every minute a child\u2019s life is at risk,” warns WFP\u2019s Cindy McCain. In Central African Republic, clinics report declining severe cases thanks to WFP\u2019s targeted support, like for toddler Essaie, treated for malaria and malnutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While progress is possible\u2014evidenced by reduced mortality in some areas\u2014the agencies stress that funding gaps threaten gains. “We can get food to those in need,” says WFP\u2019s Michele Quintaglie, “but without money, children will die.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have launched a joint initiative targeting 15 crisis-affected countries to eradicate child wasting\u2014the deadliest form of malnutrition. With 45 million children under 5 suffering globally, nearly two-thirds reside in these flashpoints, including South Sudan and Ethiopia, where conflict, climate disasters, and funding shortages exacerbate hunger, according to an …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":127010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[14685,127,2732],"class_list":["post-127008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones","tag-unicef","tag-wfp"],"yoast_head":"\nWFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have launched a joint initiative targeting 15 crisis-affected countries to eradicate child wasting\u2014the deadliest form of malnutrition. With 45 million children under 5 suffering globally, nearly two-thirds reside in these flashpoints, including South Sudan and Ethiopia, where conflict, climate disasters, and funding shortages exacerbate hunger, according to an …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-28T07:58:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-28T07:58:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"774\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"519\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rathaei\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rathaei\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/\",\"name\":\"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-28T07:58:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-28T07:58:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png\",\"width\":774,\"height\":519},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690\",\"name\":\"Rathaei\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/rahnemaiy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves","og_description":"The World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have launched a joint initiative targeting 15 crisis-affected countries to eradicate child wasting\u2014the deadliest form of malnutrition. With 45 million children under 5 suffering globally, nearly two-thirds reside in these flashpoints, including South Sudan and Ethiopia, where conflict, climate disasters, and funding shortages exacerbate hunger, according to an …","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2025-05-28T07:58:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-28T07:58:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":774,"height":519,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Rathaei","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rathaei","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/","name":"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png","datePublished":"2025-05-28T07:58:53+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-28T07:58:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-28-105552.png","width":774,"height":519},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/127008-wfp-unicef-launch-global-partnership-to-combat-deadly-child-malnutrition-in-crisis-zones\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WFP, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Combat Deadly Child Malnutrition in Crisis Zones"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/306d23147ac35c3cc1a98e2c03ffc690","name":"Rathaei","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/rahnemaiy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127011,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127008\/revisions\/127011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}