A map released by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday shows South Sudan’s counties by level of food insecurity, and also indicates the number of malnourished children.

According to the current Integrated Food Security Classifications, all counties of Unity State, the southern part of Upper Nile and the northern part of Jonglei are classified as ‘emergency’ level, one stage below the ‘famine’ level.

The map also indicates estimated number of malnourished children. There are about 700,000 in Upper Nile, 800,000 in Unity and 800,000 in Jonglei, the three most conflict-affected states.

Humanitarian agencies have yet to announce when the next IPC classification exercise will be completed. Aid groups will likely not determine whether or not to declare a famine situation until after the completion of this exercise.

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