Viet Nam: Children at risk of malnutrition in aftermath of Typhoon Damrey, reports UNICEF

16 November 2017
United Nations
Access to education and health care / Child rights / Disaster and emergency response NGOs / Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration / Disasters and emergency response funding / families, children and youth development NGOs / Families, children and youth funding / Floods / Food security / Poverty reduction and food securities assistance funding / Poverty reduction and food securities assistance NGOs
children / malnutrition / typhoon

More than a week after Typhoon Damrey battered south-central Viet Nam, assessments by United Nations aid agencies have revealed that vulnerable populations – including children, and pregnant and nursing mothers – in poor and remote areas are still underserved by relief efforts. An estimated 150,000 children under the age of five are at risk of malnutrition and over 80,000 pregnant and nursing women in need special care.

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