The United Nations warned on Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is fueling a wave of malnutrition among young children.
Global food security is being affected by the war in Ukraine.
The price of life-saving treatment for children with severe wasting is going up because of the war in Ukraine.
The cost of treatment is set to go up by up to 16% over the next six months due to a sharp rise in the cost of raw ingredients.
Around 13.6 million children under the age of five are suffering from severe wasting, with at least 10 million of them not having access to the most effective treatment, according to Unicef.
According to Unicef estimates, India is the worst hit country with 5.8 million children affected by severe wasting, followed by Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Bangladesh.
The agency said that rising costs could leave 600,000 children without access to treatment.
Unicef said that the costs for shipping and delivery are likely to remain high.
The world is becoming a virtual tinderbox of preventable child deaths and child suffering from wasting, according to the Unicef.
$300 million. Unicef said how much money it would take to reach every child with severe wasting in need of help. The agency said that the figure is a fraction of total overseas development assistance.
Reduced funding and strained supply chains. Unicef warned that aid for wasting iswoefully low and predicted to decline sharply in coming years. Global food security is expected to be impacted by the war in Ukraine and other issues. Russia and Ukraine are both major producers of corn and wheat, and together they make up one-third of the world's wheat exports. The war has caused an internal food crisis within the country. Russia is one of the world's top exporters offertilizer. Other countries like India have banned their own food exports in order to manage supplies and prices.
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