What you need to know: The screening process involves an appetite test and weight checks to determine a child’s condition. Every two weeks, Ms Miriam Amoit Lapyem, a Village Health Team (VHT) member ...

Fatuma Humad takes a MUAC measurement of Aradi, 2, as her mother Zahara Ega Ahmed looks on. MUAC data helps health workers like Humad determine which residents of her village, Guhom, are suffering ...

Between Jan 2024 and Aug 2025, peaks in the prevalence of acute malnutrition match periods of severe aid restrictions. More than 54,600 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, ...