Ethiopia, June 25 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a three-year partnership in Ethiopia to support the Government in preventing acute malnutrition in children and mothers and provide school-based nutrition and health services.

The initiative aims to support the Government of Ethiopia in preventing acute malnutrition among children and mothers in 100 districts and promoting health and nutrition in 600 schools.

The first-of-its-kind partnership underlines the urgency of preventing acute malnutrition in Ethiopia, which has seen insufficient progress over the past two decades, and where malnutrition levels are likely to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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