Drought, war and malnutrition make 2017 a record year for the procurement of emergency supplies for children
COPENHAGEN/ NEW YORK, 27 June 2018 - As famine, droughts, conflict and malnutrition threatened the survival of millions in 2017, UNICEF spent over half a billion dollars to deliver emergency, life-saving supplies to children in urgent need of assistance. This is the agency’s highest expenditure on supplies for humanitarian crises. In 2017, drought…