Nigeria, Four Others Represent 40% of Countries Facing Acute Food Insecurity THISDAYLIVE: Nigeria
The IPC/CH is a visual display of the total number of people experiencing or facing high levels of acute food insecurity classified in crisis or worse.
FSIN's 2023 projections available for 38 of the 58 countries and territories as of March 2023, revealed that up to 153 million people will be in IPC/CH Phase 3 or above, saying that around 310 000 people are projected to be in IPC/CH Phase 5 across six countries - Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mali, parts of Nigeria , Somalia and South Sudan, with almost three quarters of them in Somalia
The statement added that the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter of a billion facing acute hunger and people in seven countries on the brink of starvation, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises .
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