Nearly one million children under 5 in the central Sahel facing severe wasting in 2023 – UNICEF
DAKAR, 7 April 2023 – An estimated 970,000 children under 5 from West Africa’s three central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) will face severe wasting this year as families deal with high food prices, conflict and climate change, according to new data gathered by UNICEF. Niger faces the highest severe wasting burden in the central…