UNICEF | Medina's recovery from severe malnutrition in Ethiopia | UNICEF @UNICEF | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
When we first met six-month-old Medina in Ethiopia, she was lying motionless on a hospital bed, barely able to open her eyes.
Her mother Amina wasn't able to produce breastmilk, fearfully watching as Medina’s strength ebbed away.
Amina and her husband had recently fled severe drought to a camp in Afar, Ethiopia.
They had already lost their home and their cattle. Now, they faced the heart-wrenching prospect of losing their daughter.
“I was extremely worried about her; she was so sick and unconscious when I brought her to the hospital,” says Amina. “I didn’t think she would make it.”
Doctors at the UNICEF-supported hospital immediately recognised signs of severe malnutrition and took urgent action.
To help her regain strength, Medina was given UNICEF-supplied therapeutic milk and ready-to-use therapeutic food, a nutrient-rich paste which she was able to take at home in addition to breastmilk.
Soon enough, she was able to sit up and smile again. Within a few months, she was back to a more normal weight.
Through climate change and conflict, UNICEF is delivering its largest nutrition response on record.
Continued funding and support are needed to make sure we can continue expanding our work to prevent, detect and treat deadly severe malnutrition.Subscribe to UNICEF on YouTube here: https://uni.cf/subscribe
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UNICEF works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive and fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
The world’s largest provider of vaccines, we support child health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and exploitation.
Before, during and after humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF is on the ground, bringing lifesaving help and hope to children and families. Non-political and impartial, we are never neutral when it comes to defending children’s rights and safeguarding their lives and futures.
And we never give up.
When we first met six-month-old Medina in Ethiopia, she was lying motionless on a hospital bed, barely able to open her eyes.
Her mother Amina wasn't able to produce breastmilk, fearfully watching as Medina’s strength ebbed away.
Amina and her husband had recently fled severe drought to a camp in Afar, Ethiopia.
They had already lost their home and their cattle. Now, they faced the heart-wrenching prospect of losing their daughter.
“I was extremely worried about her; she was so sick and unconscious when I brought her to the hospital,” says Amina. “I didn’t think she would make it.”
Doctors at the UNICEF-supported hospital immediately recognised signs of severe malnutrition and took urgent action.
To help her regain strength, Medina was given UNICEF-supplied therapeutic milk and ready-to-use therapeutic food, a nutrient-rich paste which she was able to take at home in addition to breastmilk.
Soon enough, she was able to sit up and smile again. Within a few months, she was back to a more normal weight.
Through climate change and conflict, UNICEF is delivering its largest nutrition response on record.
Continued funding and support are needed to make sure we can continue expanding our work to prevent, detect and treat deadly severe malnutrition.Subscribe to UNICEF on YouTube here: https://uni.cf/subscribe
Click here to see all of our latest trending videos: https://uni.cf/trending
For more about UNICEF's work, visit: https://uni.cf/website
Follow UNICEF here:
Instagram: instagram.com/UNICEF
Twitter: twitter.com/unicef
Facebook: facebook.com/unicef
UNICEF blog: https://uni.cf/blog
UNICEF works in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we do whatever it takes to help children survive, thrive and fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
The world’s largest provider of vaccines, we support child health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and exploitation.
Before, during and after humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF is on the ground, bringing lifesaving help and hope to children and families. Non-political and impartial, we are never neutral when it comes to defending children’s rights and safeguarding their lives and futures.
And we never give up.
