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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nick Ferris

Global aid cuts putting millions of children’s lives at risk

  • Four African countries are set to deplete their vital emergency food supplies within the next three months, endangering millions of malnourished children.
  • Exclusive findings by Save the Children highlight critical shortages in Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia, where current provisions are insufficient to treat severely acutely malnourished children.
  • Moazzam Malik, CEO of Save the Children UK, described the impending depletion of life-saving treatments as “unthinkable”, attributing it to global aid cuts.
  • In South Sudan, only a third of children needing treatment for severe acute malnutrition received it due to the closure of nutrition facilities following aid reductions.
  • The UK government's projected aid cuts are expected to drastically reduce its support for malnutrition programmes, raising concerns about increased global deaths.

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