In Sudan, malnutrition is a growing driver of hospital admissions and consultations for children under five across MSF-supported facilities in both the East and West. The annual hunger gap between July-September is compounded by ongoing violence, keeping conditions critical across Khartoum, Blue Nile, and Central and North Darfur. Many regions, including the Kordofans, remain largely unreported. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification of July1Nuba Mountains, with 17 more areas on the brink2. Over 8.7 million people face emergency or famine-level food insecurity, with staple prices up 430% and aid responses severely underfunded. Children under five are most affected, with rising cases of Moderate and Severe Acute Malnutrition.

Further east in Tawila, home to around 800,000 displaced people, the prevalence of Moderate and Severe Acute Malnutrition (MAM and SAM) among children has reached alarming levels.

Since the mass displacements from El Fasher and Zamzam, more children arriving in Tawila are being screened and found to be MAM or SAM.