After 20 months of conflict, the protection environment for children has almost collapsed, as ongoing hostilities, repeated displacement, and limited humanitarian access continue to have a devastating impact on the safety, security, rights and well-being of children.
Today, with regular water deliveries and a water quality control system in place, project hospitals can function more reliably. Disinfection routines are followed, surgical wards are active and basic hygiene is no longer a daily struggle.
Since 8 December 2024, over 1,000 casualties from unexploded ordnance (UXO) have been reported, including hundreds of deaths and injuries, one-third of them children, highlighting the urgent need for protection and risk education.
The current volume and pace of deliveries remain critically insufficient to meet the needs of Gaza's entire population, which is facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
In 2022, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Foundation began a new activity at the Haydan hospital in northern Yemen to integrate pediatric rehabilitation into medical care. The initiative aimed to support children with neuromotor challenges, most of which are linked to malnutrition—a widespread consequence of prolonged conflict and food insecurity that has severely impacted child development in the region.
Due to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan with more than 124 million forcibly displaced, out of which 3.4 million fled into neighbouring countries, the Federation-wide Emergency Appeal was revised, increasing the total funding ask from the initial CHF 42 million to CHF 47.5 million and extending the operation end date to December 2025.
This gender analysis examines the differentiated impacts of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon on women, men, girls, and boys, with a specific emphasis on education, child protection, and access barriers across key sectors including WASH, education, nutrition, shelter, and livelihoods.
The number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an alarming rate, with 5,119 children between 6 months and 5 years of age admitted for treatment for acute malnutrition in May alone.
A total of 1.8K Health Facilities (207 Hospitals, 505 Health Centers , 1K Health Units, and 14 Others ) are being supported by Health Cluster Partners.
According to the report, released last June 12, an estimated 2.3 million children under the age of five are suffering from acute malnutrition, including 714,000 facing severe cases, and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women requiring immediate treatment and care.
Due to safety and security concerns, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to permanently close its hospital in Ulang, Upper Nile State, as well as withdraw its support to 13 primary health facilities in the county.
The ICRC is extremely worried about the evacuation orders around the Nasser Medical Complex (NMC). NMC is indispensable to the health system in Gaza – no other medical facilities can take in patients who need specialized care. It is critical that it remains open and accessible to medical personnel and patients.
A deadly mix of conflict, climate change and poverty have pushed 2.3 million children aged under 5 in South Sudan into life threatening acute malnutrition, with rates soaring just months after foreign governments announced the slashing of funds to the world’s poorest countries, Save the Children said.
The report shows that one in five people in Lebanon – around 1.17 million individuals – are facing crisis or emergency levels of acute food insecurity between April and June 2025.
Footage of the newly opened Israeli-backed, US-supported aid distribution centers in Gaza is horrifying: Palestinians clamoring to get food; crowds being turned away; gunfire ringing out.
On 15th April, Kapoeta South County of Eastern Equatoria State, reported its first suspected Cholera case. Within one week, the outbreak spread to the neighboring counties in Kapoeta North and East. All three counties are the latest addition to the long list of 53 counties currently reporting Cholera cases in South Sudan.
A 10-day reactive oral cholera vaccination campaign, launched on 10 June in 5 localities in Sudan’s Khartoum State, aims to protect more than 2.6 million people aged 1 year and above from cholera infection, interrupt transmission and help contain the cholera outbreak.
According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), more than 664,800 Palestinians in Gaza were displaced between 18 March and 11 June. With no safe place to go, many people have sought refuge in every available space, including overcrowded displacement sites, makeshift shelters, damaged buildings, streets and open areas.
