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253,725 children aged 6 to 59 months are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Haiti between June 2026 and May 2027, including 93,873 severe and 159,852 moderate cases.
Programa Mundial de Alimentos (2026)
World Food Programme. (2026, September 17). Over a quarter of a million children facing acute malnutrition in Haiti amid ongoing violence. https://www.wfp.org/news/over-quarter-million-children-facing-acute-malnutrition-haiti-amid-ongoing-violence
25,750 pregnant and breastfeeding women are expected to require nutritional support in Haiti amid the acute malnutrition crisis projected between June 2026 and May 2027.
Programa Mundial de Alimentos (2026)
World Food Programme. (2026, September 17). Over a quarter of a million children facing acute malnutrition in Haiti amid ongoing violence. https://www.wfp.org/news/over-quarter-million-children-facing-acute-malnutrition-haiti-amid-ongoing-violence
29 of Haiti's 140 municipalities are projected to reach IPC acute malnutrition phase 3, Serious, between December 2026 and May 2027; Cité Soleil and Cabaret are expected to reach phase 4, Critical.
Programa Mundial de Alimentos (2026)
World Food Programme. (2026, September 17). Over a quarter of a million children facing acute malnutrition in Haiti amid ongoing violence. https://www.wfp.org/news/over-quarter-million-children-facing-acute-malnutrition-haiti-amid-ongoing-violence
75% of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are of animal origin (FAO, 2023).
El 75% de las enfermedades infecciosas emergentes que afectan al ser humano son de origen animal (FA0. 2023)
FAO (2023).Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Briefing note,
20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
(ISPA, 2023)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1157-perspectivas-de-la-agricultura-y-del-desarrollo-rural-en-las-americas:-una-mirada-hacia-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2023-2024-las-crisis-alimentaria,-energetica-y-financiera-estan-empujando-a-mas-
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
(McDermott y Grace, 2011)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana
33% to 90% of diarrheal syndrome cases, which cause 1.4 million child deaths annually, are associated with foodborne illness (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
(McDermott y Grace, 2011)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1234-enfermedades-asociadas-a-la-agricultura:-adaptar-la-agricultura-para-mejorar-la-salud-humana
2 billion people, or one in three people globally, suffer from micronutrient deficiencies (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
2 mil millones de personas, o una de cada tres personas a nivel mundial, sufren de deficiencias de micronutrientes (Bouis & Saltzman, 2017).
Bouis, H.E., & Saltzman, A. (2017). Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016. Global Food Security, 12, 49-58.
$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).
Banco Mundial (2010)
https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-1266-personas,-patogenos-y-nuestro-planeta-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermedades-zoonoticas.-volumen-1:-hacia-un-enfoque-de-%22one-health%22-para-el-control-de-enfermeda
