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Severe malnutrition rates have risen sharply in healthcare facilities supported by the ICRC in northeast Nigeria. Clinics report a 24% increase in the number of young children suffering from malnutrition compared to the previous year.

Rural areas of northern Ethiopia that have experienced heavy fighting in the past years remain heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance. Weapon contamination poses severe risks for civilians, especially children.

Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the ICRC.

The ICRC has launched a partnership with Kharkiv University Clinic and Ukraine’s Ministry of Health to provide physical rehabilitation support for the growing number of people in need due to amputations and disability caused by the armed conflict.