Every child deserves a healthy start in life. Malnutrition in childhood leads to irreversible damage, affecting physical growth, cognitive development, and future productivity. Despite global progress, millions of children in Sub-Saharan Africa still suffer from undernutrition, with devastating long-term consequences.

In South Sudan;

• The national Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) at 17.1% remains high above the WHO emergency threshold of 15%.
• Only 21 % of children aged 6-23 months have access to dietary diversity.
• Only 4.7% of children aged 6-23 months access the Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) – UNICEF records