In 2025, the situation was catastrophic for people in many countries, especially for children and pregnant and breastfeeding women. MSF provides nutrition and medical care to treat acute malnutrition, which can easily become life-threatening in children without adequate care.
A mother sits with her malnourished child under a mosquito net in the malnutrition ward of an MSF clinic in Adré, Chad, July 2025. Families fleeing the war in Sudan arrive here after harrowing journeys from Darfur, many with children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and malaria. © Moises Saman/Magnum Photos
Clinical mentor Musa Mansary (left) reviews a mentee’s written clinical chart of a patient, following a bedside session in the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre of the MSF Mother and Child Hospital in Kenema district, Sierra Leone, 1 May 2025. © Noor Ahmad Saleem/MSF
MSF’s Ladi Musa, a counsellor educator, bonds with a child during a recreational psycho-stimulation session in the playroom at Kafin Madaki General Hospital in Bauchi, Nigeria, June 2025. © Abdulkareem Yakubu/MSF
MSF project coordinator Huggins Madondo inspects the ready-to-use therapeutic food stored at MSF medical warehouse in Birnin-Kebbi, the capital of Kebbi State, Nigeria, August 2025. © Abba Adamu Musa/MSF
A mother supports her malnourished child resting at the MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, Somalia, June 2025. © Hareth Mohammed/MSF
Eight-year-old Haroon sits with his mother at the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in the MSF-supported Boost provincial hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 2025. Haroon helps his mother, who cannot speak, communicate with medical staff, as his sibling is suffering from acute malnutrition. © Alexandre Marcou/MSF
A mural outside the MSF-supported inpatient therapeutic feeding centre in Ad-Dahi Hospital provides advice about nutrition, Al Hudaydah, Yemen, March 2025. Yemen’s struggle with malnutrition remains one of the most pressing yet underreported humanitarian issues. © Leah Cowan/MSF
Dr Avis and paediatrician Dr Camille Lafarge treat eight-month-old Ilaf Jaffar Issa in the paediatric ward of the MSF clinic in Aboutengue refugee camp in eastern Chad, July 2025. Ilaf, who is suffering from malnutrition, is accompanied by her mother. © Moises Saman/Magnum Photos