Report Over Half of Children in Sudans Jebel Marra Face Chronic Malnutrition Save the Children Reports
CONFLICT signal, reported in SU, from kenya-today.com, with negative sentiment. Locations: Darfur, Gharb Darfur, Sudan, Jebel Marra.
What Happened
Save the Children reports that more than half of children in Sudan’s Jebel Marra region face chronic malnutrition, with 57% stunted and 15% acutely malnourished. The assessment, conducted in Central Jebel Marra in Western Darfur, highlights severe food shortages, conflict, drought, and disrupted health services as key drivers. In the two weeks before the survey, 43% of children had been ill, and 69% of households relied on unsafe water, increasing disease risks. Save the Children’s Sudan Country Director, Claire Henery, warned that ongoing crises—livelihood loss, service disruptions, and drought—are worsening the emergency. The findings align with warnings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification that famine risk is rising in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan due to conflict, displacement, and an El Niño-driven drought. UN agencies note Sudan hosts the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 11 million displaced and 19 million facing acute food insecurity.
Why it matters
The nutrition emergency threatens children’s health and survival in a region already strained by conflict and drought. With 57% of children stunted and 15% acutely malnourished, the crisis risks irreversible developmental harm and increased mortality. Save the Children calls for immediate action to secure food, nutrition, health care, and clean water, while UN agencies warn of rising famine risk across Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan regions. Without urgent humanitarian support, thousands of children could face life-threatening conditions as the displacement crisis intensifies.
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