{"id":318026,"date":"2026-04-28T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=318026"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:04:29","slug":"podcast-malnutrition-in-gaza-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/podcast-malnutrition-in-gaza-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Malnutrition in Gaza &#8211; The Frontline Shift &#8211; World Health Organization (WHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>28 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>Before the conflict, malnutrition in Gaza was rare. By 2025, it had become one of the key health issues of the conflict. In this episode, Dr Dalia AbuJahel, WHO&#8217;s Reproductive Health Officer, and Salwa Al-Tibi, Country Representative for emergency medical team Med-Global, discuss the scale of the malnutrition crisis in Gaza, how it unfolded, and what the response has looked like on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>They speak to the human cost \u2014 including the story of two sisters, Jana and Joury, who died from severe acute malnutrition despite receiving care \u2014 and reflect on the broader impact on pediatric and maternal health, from rising rates of prematurity and low birth weight to overwhelmed neonatal units and shortages of essential supplies. They also look at what recovery will require, and why the situation, while stabilising, remains fragile.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Malnutrition in Gaza\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F_-pnpQ-0Ag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related documents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/podcast-trauma-care-during-the-conflict-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who\/\">Podcast: Trauma care during the conflict &#8211; The Frontline Shift &#8211; World Health Organization (WHO) &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/podcast-delivering-primary-healthcare-in-gaza-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who\/\">Podcast: Delivering primary healthcare in Gaza &#8211; The Frontline Shift &#8211; World Health Organization (WHO) &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/podcast-patient-evacuation-during-conflict-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who\/\">Podcast: Patient evacuation during conflict &#8211; The Frontline Shift &#8211; World Health Organization (WHO) &#8211; Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/who-medical-evacuation-of-gaza-patients-17sep25\/\">WHO: Medical evacuation of Gaza patients (October 2023 \u2013 17 September 2025) \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/statement-on-whos-role-in-medical-evacuation-from-gaza-via-the-rafah-crossing-to-egypt\/\">Statement on WHO\u2019s role in medical evacuation from Gaza via the Rafah crossing to Egypt \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/security-incident-in-gaza-kills-who-contracted-worker-evacuations-halted\/\">Security incident in Gaza kills WHO-contracted worker; evacuations halted \u2013 Question of Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 28 April 2026 Before the conflict, malnutrition in Gaza was rare. 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In this episode, Dr Dalia AbuJahel, WHO&#8217;s Reproductive Health Officer, and Salwa Al-Tibi, Country Representative for emergency medical team Med-Global, discuss the scale of the malnutrition crisis in Gaza, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/podcast-malnutrition-in-gaza-the-frontline-shift-world-health-organization-who\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2445,2377],"document-source":[2529],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2033,2005,2533,6871],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-318026","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-audio","document-category-multimedia","document-source-world-health-organization-who","document-subject-children","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-malnutrition","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318072,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318026\/revisions\/318072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=318026"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=318026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}