Efforts to reduce child mortality worldwide are losing momentum, with millions of children still dying from preventable causes, according to a new report by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In a joint statement released on March 18, 2026, the UNICEF and the World Health…
Aid organisations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), are sounding the alarm over an unprecedented hunger crisis unfolding in Nigeria, particularly in the country’s northern regions, where millions are fleeing violence from terrorist groups. Humanitarian agencies warn that up to 600,000 children are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition.…
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a devastating new level, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting that at least 400 people have died from malnutrition so far this year — including 101 children, 80 of whom were under the age of five. According to Dr. Rana Abu Zaatir,…