UNICEF: acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in north of Gaza strip

Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels in the Gaza Strip due to the wide-reaching impacts of the war and ongoing restrictions on aid delivery.
Nutrition screenings conducted by UNICEF and partners in the north in February found that 4.5 percent of the children in shelters and health centers suffer from severe wasting, the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, which puts children at highest risk of medical complications and death unless they receive urgent therapeutic feeding and treatment.
UNICEF has reached children with treatment for acute malnutrition, including the use of Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, Ready to Use Infant Formula and preventative micronutrients supplements. More supplies are due to arrive this week, but this is still not enough to address the needs.