06/27/2018
Drought, war and malnutrition make 2017 a record year for the procurement of emergency supplies for children
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/drought-war-and-malnutrition-make-2017-record-year-procurement-emergency-supplies
COPENHAGEN/ NEW YORK, 27 June 2018 -, As famine, droughts, conflict and malnutrition threatened the survival of millions in 2017, UNICEF spent over half a billion dollars to deliver emergency, life-saving supplies to children in urgent need of assistance. This is the agency’s highest expenditure on supplies for humanitarian crises. In 2017, drought and armed conflict devastated…