Somalia Mass MUAC Screening: Key Findings | July 2026

Country: Somalia Sources: Nutrition Cluster, UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. BACKGROUND Somalia’s acute malnutrition situation continued to deteriorate with the projected burden among children aged 6-59 months increasing to 1.88 million cases including 493,000 SAM, representing a 2.3% increase in GAM from the January 2026 projection. Sixty-four percent of the burden is concentrated in rural areas. No district is classified as IPC AMN Phase 1 (Acceptable), while 76 of 90 districts (84%) are classified as IPC AMN Phase 3 (Serious) or above, including 24 districts in Phase 4