Overall Orange Drought alert for Madagascar-2023 in Madagascar from 21 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Madagascar-2023

in Madagascar

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016833
Name:	Madagascar-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000270-MDG
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date:	End of Oct 2023
Duration:	368 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 207240 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Allarme UNICEF nella Giornata mondiale dell’alimentazione: a rischio 2.. 10/18/2024 10:39:00 AM.

NEW YORK\ aise\ - Circa 2 milioni di bambini che soffrono di grave deperimento, conosciuto anche come malnutrizione acuta grave , rischiano di morire a causa della mancanza di fondi per l’ Alimento Terapeutico pronto all’Uso (RUTF) salvavit

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Allarme UNICEF nella Giornata mondiale dell’alimentazione: a rischio 2.. 10/16/2024 8:33:00 PM.

Circa 2 milioni di bambini che soffrono di grave deperimento, conosciuto anche come malnutrizione acuta grave, rischiano di morire a causa della mancanza di fondi per l’Alimento Terapeutico pronto all’Uso (RUTF) salvavita per il deperimento

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Due milioni di bambini rischiano di morire per mancanza di alimenti te.. 10/15/2024 3:35:00 PM.

Circa 2 milioni di bambini che soffrono di malnutrizione acuta grave rischiano di morire a causa della mancanza di fondi per l’Alimento Terapeutico pronto all’Uso (RUTF) salvavita per il deperimento. Lo ricorda l''Unicef, in occasione della

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Malnutrizione. 2 milioni di bambini con grave deperimento rischiano di.. 10/15/2024 12:51:00 PM.

Circa 2 milioni di bambini che soffrono di grave deperimento, conosciuto anche come malnutrizione acuta grave, rischiano di morire a causa della mancanza di fondi per l’Alimento Terapeutico pronto all’Uso (RUTF) salvavita per il deperimento

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07/Oct/2024 13:58 UTC

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02/Aug/2024 07:10 UTC

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19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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