AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAcute Malnutrition Alert: Save the Children warns that about 502,000 under-5 children and 21,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Madagascar could face acute malnutrition between May 2026 and April 2027, including 78,000 with severe acute malnutrition needing urgent care. Food Security & Funding Pressure: The same report projects hunger crisis levels could rise to 3.72 million people by late 2026–early 2027, urging urgent increases in humanitarian funding for food, nutrition services, healthcare, and climate-resilient support. Injury Care & Recovery: Two Malagasy citizens hurt in protests in 2025 returned home after surgery, diagnostics, rehabilitation, and specialist consultations in Russia, with Madagascar’s Ministry of Public Health involved in the handover. Water-Related Health Insight: A “blue health” piece highlights how being near water may help calm stress responses, linking water sights/sounds to lower heart and breathing rates and reduced cortisol. Antibiotic Resistance Watch: A JAMA Network Open study reports high and rising antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infection bacteria across several African countries including Madagascar, stressing the need for stronger monitoring and treatment guidance.
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