AASHIMA GARG

Committed to make a difference for better maternal and child nutrition. Working with UNICEF MENA Regional Office.

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

“The face of malnutrition looks vastly different across the region, And so, we must address the underlying drivers of all forms of malnutrition according to each country’s context.” @AdeleKhodr UNICEF Regional Director.

UNICEF MENA outlines a new strategic direction to tackle the diverse range of nutrition problems and their underlying drivers in one of the most volatile and food insecure regions in the world.

Read more: https://t.co/3hxuxr5MB5

[Adele Khodr @AdeleKhodr]

At least 77 million children and adolescents have some form of #malnutrition in the Middle East and North Africa. Today’s launch of @UNICEF Nutrition Strategic Direction for the Middle East and North Africa (2024-2030) outlines how UNICEF will tailor its programming to each country’s nutrition challenges.

[Adele Khodr @AdeleKhodr]

Today, at the launch of the #UNICEF Nutrition Strategic Direction for the Middle East and North Africa region (2024-2030), our Global Director of Nutrition @vaguayounicef outlined new forces driving child malnutrition: globalization, urbanization, inequities, climate change, environmental degradation, and emergencies and conflict.

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

يعاني ما لا يقل عن 77 مليون طفل ويافع من أحد من أشكال سوء التغذية في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا.

حيث يعاني 55 مليون طفل من زيادة الوزن أو السمنة، ويعاني 24 مليون طفل من نقص التغذية، بما في ذلك التقزم والهزال والنحافة.

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

At least 77 million children and adolescents have some form of malnutrition in the Middle East and North Africa.

55 million children in the region are overweight or obese, while 24 million children suffer from undernutrition, including stunting, wasting, and thinness.

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

Today, the regional directors of @UNICEFmena, @FAOinNENA_EN, @WFP_MENA & @WHOEMRO launched a pioneering framework for regional UN nutrition collaboration as part of their collaborative effort to address the pressing issue of malnutrition in the region

PR: https://t.co/TyLE2Mz8Kx

[Adele Khodr @AdeleKhodr]

So energized this morning to launch from Cairo together with @WFP_MENA @WHOEMRO @FAO the Regional UN Nutrition Collaboration Framework for Middle East and North Africa ! Together we can do more

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

At the 2023 Arab Forum of Sustainable Development, UNICEF, FAO, WHO and WFP have come together to propose a regional action framework to improve young children’s diets to address child food poverty in the Arab region.

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

Over 10 million children under five in the Middle East and North Africa region live in and suffer from severe food poverty. To address this crisis, the governments must take the lead in upholding every child’s right to food and nutrition. @ettie_higgins @UNICEFmena

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

Register now to join our special session 'Addressing child food poverty in early childhood in the Arab Region by mobilizing the food, health and social protection systems' at #AFSD2023 in Beirut.

🗓️16 March 2023
⏲️3:45-5:15 pm (Beirut time)
🔗https://t.co/syi6Khdbn0

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

12 years of conflict in #Syria and the recent deadly earthquake has created a situation of deep concern for us.

More than half a million children under the age of 5 are stunted in Syria, while acute malnutrition is increasing and going up by more than 50%.

We need to act now.

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

We need bolder policies, programmes and budgets for children’s and women’s nutrition in Africa. Let us seize this moment as children and their families are counting on us.

[Victor Aguayo @vaguayounicef]

With less than 10 yrs to achieve the SDGs, the Africa Union Year of Nutrition is a chance to take stock of progress, identify gaps, and accelerate our efforts to secure the right to nutrition for every African child.
Good Nutrition, Bright Futures https://t.co/ZOaqzYm7rp

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

Thank you, Eilise and ENN, for this exciting conversation on improving complementary feeding, an issue very close to my heart.

[IFE Core Group @IFECoreGroup]

Have you seen the latest #FEX? Lots of ideas an learning to share in the case studies on complementary feeding in emergencies from Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar and Yemen. #CFE #IYCFE

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

A much needed and long awaited documentation of efforts, initiatives and perspectives across countries and regions on improving the diets of young children during the complementary feeding period. A lot of inspiration!

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

“With nearly 1 in 5 children stunted, and an average wasting rate of over 6% and only 1 in 3 young children in these regions receiving the diets they need to grow and develop healthily"

- @AdeleKhodr , UNICEF Regional Director
https://t.co/GlS1lTwLeb

[AASHIMA GARG @aashi073]

We need to urgently deliver prevention, early detection and treatment of undernutrition, especially in countries most impacted by crises.

[UNICEF MENA - يونيسف الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @UNICEFmena]

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO work jointly to accelerate action on maternal and child undernutrition in the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Arab regions

👉👉https://t.co/P9sk839iFe

@FAO, @FAOarabic ,@WFP, @UNICEF

[Adele Khodr @AdeleKhodr]

An increase in number of children with severe acute malnutrition in #Sudan could threaten the lives of many of them if untreated. The world should not forget the children of Sudan. #ForEveryChild the right to food and #nutrition

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

This is how the war in Ukraine is worsening child hunger in countries like Syria, Yemen and Sudan.

#ForEveryChild, nutrition.

[Mohamed M. M. Fall @MohamedFall]

Severe wasting among children is on the rise. That's when a child is too thin due to a lack of nutrition & the immune system is compromised. At least 2 in 3 severely wasted children don't have access to treatment. Watch: @UNICEF Nutrition Advisor on @eNCA: https://t.co/IWh8aODyus

[Marie-Pierre Poirier @MariePierre_P]

Children in the #Sahel are at high risk of catastrophic levels of severe malnutrition due to soaring food costs, conflict and climate shocks.
We need to act now.
Read more: https://t.co/csiG7bNTaD
#ForEveryChild, nutrition.