More than 520 million children β or, one in five children globally β live in an area affected by armed conflict, according to Save the Childrenβs 2025 Stop the War on Children report.
Children are being killed and maimed, denied food and unable to develop cognitively and emotionally. Community bonds and family structures are being destroyed, and young peopleβs agency as participants in society is being lost. Infants are dying or becoming trapped in a cycle of undernutrition and acute sickness due to infectious disease, with severe consequences for their future growth and development.
Medical-humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) brings medical care to people affected by conflict, disasters, epidemics and social exclusion, where, tragically, more than 60% of their patients are under 16 years of age. To ensure that health care professionals and humanitarians can meet the ever-growing needs of children living amid confl
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