Child malnutrition in Nepal has reached ‘alarming’ levels since aid cuts, survey finds [The Guardian] ↳

A government screening of over one million Nepali children found acute malnutrition rising from 6.6% to 7.8% nationally (12.3% in Madhesh Province) since USAID ended its child nutrition funding in the country roughly 14 months ago. The sudden halt of a U.S.-funded program has broken down community outreach and treatment referral systems built over decades, threatening the 72% decline in under-five death rates Nepal achieved between 1996 and 2022.