Haiti’s child malnutrition emergency is worsening amid an escalation in violence, according to new analysis backed by the United Nations and reported by UN News.
The assessment projects that 253,725 children between the ages of six months and 59 months will suffer from acute malnutrition during the period from June 2026 through May 2027. The projection covers children from six months old up to those just under five years of age.
The estimate points to the scale of the nutritional crisis affecting young children in Haiti. More than a quarter of a million children in the specified age group are expected to experience acute malnutrition over the 12-month period covered by the analysis.
UN News described the situation as a worsening crisis linked to escalating violence in the country. The information provided did not include a breakdown by location, the severity of individual cases or comparative figures from an earlier reporting period. It also did not specify which parts of Haiti were expected to record the largest number of affected children.
The analysis focuses on acute malnutrition among children aged six to 59 months and sets out a forward-looking projection rather than a count limited to cases recorded at a single point in time. The timeframe begins in June 2026 and ends in May 2027.
The projected figure underscores the extent of the challenge facing Haiti’s youngest children as the country contends with rising violence. The UN-backed findings identify child nutrition as a deteriorating concern during the period assessed, with 253,725 children expected to be affected.
Reporting attribution: based on reporting by UN News — Global — original source: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/09/1168366.