Approximately 112,270 children aged 6-59 months and 8,980 pregnant or breastfeeding women (PBW) across the Karamoja region are facing or expected to face acute malnutrition and will need treatment between March 2024 and February 2025 in the Karamoja region of Uganda. Of that total, 21,719 are severe acute malnutrition cases and 90,551 are moderate acute malnutrition cases. The total number of children in need of treatment has increased by 25.7 percent from 89,000 in 2023 to 11,2270 in 2024.

Amudat and Kaabong districts were classified in IPC AMN Phase 4 (Critical) whereas Karenga, Kotido and Moroto districts were classified in IPC AMN Phase 3 (Serious) while Abim, Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit and Napak districts, were classified in IPC AMN Phase 2 (Alert). High acute malnutrition in the Karamoja sub-region was attributed to inadequate food consumption, disease, inadequate water and poor sanitation and high female headed households associated with high workload and low economic power especially in rural households.