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  • Publication | 2024

Uganda: Acute Malnutrition Situation April - September 2024 and Projection for October 2024 - March 2025

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Between April 2024 and March 2025, approximately 54,000 children aged 6-59 months and 9,800 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) are suffering or projected to suffer acute malnutrition in the 13 refugee settlements and urban refugee populations. This corresponds to a 53 and 26 percent reduction for children and PBW, respectively, compared to the same period last year. The significant improvement is attributed to the strengthened nutrition specific and sensitive interventions among the refugees and host communities. During the projection period, the only area in IPC AMN Phase 2 (Alert) is expected to improve to IPC AMN Phase 1 (Acceptable), while the rest are expected to remain in Phase 1.

The major contibuting factors to the acute malnutrition situation include inadequate food consumption and inadequate access to water and sanitation.