Malnutrition Treatment Halted In Ethiopia Due To Underfunding: Wfp

The World Food Programme WFP suspended malnutrition treatment for 650 000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia this week due to severe funding shortages, the United Nations UN agency said, with millions more at risk of losing access to aid.

WFP gets financing from 15-20 donors, including the United States US, but many of them have cut funding this year, said Zlatan Milisic, WFP country director in Ethiopia.

The agency has received exemptions from US President Donald Trumps aid freeze that has disrupted humanitarian work around the world, he added, but little for 2025 so far.

More than 10 million people in Ethiopia are gravely short of food, including three million displaced by conflict and extreme weather conditions as well as refugees from war-torn neighbouring Sudan, according to the WFP.

Milisic said WFP had already reduced rations in recent months but that its operations were now at breaking point due to severe underfunding, forcing more drastic measures.