Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates 2023

On 23rd May, 2023, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group released a report titled- “Levels and trends in child malnutrition: Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates (JME).

Major Highlights

  • Some 148.1 million, or 22.3 per cent of children under age five worldwide, were affected by stunting in 2022.
  • More than three-quarters of all children with severe wasting live in Asia, with the remaining 22% living in Africa.
  • In 2022, an estimated 45 million children under the age of five (6.8%) were affected by wasting, with 13.6 million (2.1%) suffering from severe wasting.
  • Globally, 37 million children under ....
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