Lancet Global Health: Saving children from man-made acute malnutrition in Tigray, Ethiopia: a call to action

9 February, 2022

A recent article published on the lancet global health found that severe acute malnutrition increased significantly from 1% in 2019 (pre-war) to 6%, and moderate acute malnutrition increased significantly from 8% to 22% (both p<0·0001). Similarly, global acute malnutrition nearly tripled from 10% in 2019 to 28%, which is a staggering and sharp increase. You can access the full article from the link below;

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(22)00023-7/fulltext

HIFA profile: Beyene Meressa Adhena(BSc nurse,Master of Public health). He is an assistant professor of Public health at Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia. He is currently a PhD student in medical and preventive care at department of Public Health and health care of RUDN University, Moscow. Research interests; cervical cancer prevention, cervical cancer and HIV, and Quality improvement(in health professionals education and health care). beyene2006m AT gmail.com