Somalia hunger crisis situation report eight

Despite the onset of rain in some parts of Somalia, the food security and nutrition situation continues to deteriorate rapidly and an elevated risk of famine persists. SSomali children face a triple-threat of drought, disease and displacements. The projected number of children who are or will be acutely malnourished has increased by over 50 percent since January to 1.4 million, including 275,000 who will suffer life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in 2017 (UNICEF, April 2017). Urgent action is needed to save over 363,000 children (under age 5) who are acutely malnourished, particularly the 71,000 severely malnourished.