Overcoming the odds

Timbuktu is already the region of Mali with the highest rate of severe acute malnutrition. At 2.5% of children affected, it is above the emergency threshold of the World Health Organization. SAM is a life-threatening condition, but also perfectly curable if diagnosed on time and treated completely. In 2019, UNICEF supported the treatment of over 135,000 children suffering from SAM in Mali.