Abstract:
Humanitarian crises exacerbate nutritional risks and often lead to an increase in acute malnutrition.
Emergencies include both manmade (conflict) and natural disasters (floods, drought, cyclones, typhoons,
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.). Complex emergencies are combinations of both manmade and
natural disasters, often of a protracted nature. Millions of people are affected by humanitarian crises every
year. The increasing frequency and scale of emergencies requires nutrition to be addressed in all phases of
a response.1
