UNICEF / GAZA MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

Almost 3,000 children have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute malnutrition in Gaza, putting them at risk of death as harrowing violence and displacement continue to impact access to healthcare facilities and services for desperate families. UNICEF

• Video Length: 00:01:34
• Production Date: 12 June 2024
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: MALNUTRITION; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS; WAR; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: GAZA; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 3219645
• Parent Id: 3219645
• Alternate Title: unifeed240612e

Description

STORY: UNICEF / GAZA RAFAH MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
TRT: 01:34
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 27 MAY 2024, NORTHERN GAZA STRIP, GAZA, PALESTINE

Shotlist

1. Various shots, children getting their middle-upper-arm-circumference (MUAC) measured as part of their malnutrition screenings
2. Various shots, UNICEF distribution of High Energy Biscuits while children are getting their MUAC measured for malnutrition
3. Various shots, doctors at a UNICEF-supported paediatrician clinic collecting information on children who are getting their MUAC measured as part of their malnutrition screening
4. Various shots, children getting their MUAC measured as part of their malnutrition screening at a UNICEF-supported paediatrician clinic

Storyline

Almost 3,000 children have been cut off from treatment for moderate and severe acute malnutrition in Gaza, putting them at risk of death as harrowing violence and displacement continue to impact access to healthcare facilities and services for desperate families.

The looming risk of more vulnerable children falling sick to malnutrition is also a concern. While there has been a slight improvement in the delivery of food aid to the north, humanitarian access in the south has declined dramatically. Early results from recent malnutrition screenings in the middle and southern governorates of Gaza indicate that cases of moderate and severe malnutrition have risen since the second week of May, when aid delivery and humanitarian access was significantly curtailed by the escalation of the Rafah offensive.