UN food program helps fight rising cases of malnutrition in Malawi

Beneficiaries of emergency food assistance in Malawi's Chikwawa district take home bags of maize provided by the United Nations' World Food Program on Oct. 2, 2024. (Lameck Masina/VOA) A mother feeds her child supplementary food at Mfera Health Centre in Chikwawa district in Malawi on Oct. 2, 2024. Health workers in Malawi's Chikwawa district prepare a baby for a malnutrition test on Oct. 2, 2024.

In Malawi, the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) is working to address a rising number of malnourished children amid an ongoing drought, the worst to hit southern Africa in decades. The WFP’s efforts include providing supplementary feeding for children in health facilities and distributing emergency food items to affected households.