PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the health and nutrition of Haitian children, following recent findings from analysis conducted by the Integrated Food Security Classification Framework (IPC).
The report points to a 19% increase in the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) so far this year in the French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state.
The analysis also shows that 1.64 million people face critical levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 4), increasing the risk of wasting and malnutrition among children, particularly in eight regions of the country.
It added that armed violence in the Artibonite and Ouest departments, which encompass the capital, Port-au-Prince, has hampered the delivery of aid and shaken an already fragile health system, posing a serious threat to threatens the lives of more than 125,000 children at risk of severe acute malnutrition and related diseases.
Since January, the deterioration of security in Haiti has continued to worsen, with UNICEF being unable to store, deliver and resupply much-needed aid to the population and earlier this month, one of 17 UNICEF containers was looted from the Caribbean Port Service in Port-au-Prince.
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