170 million children worldwide suffer stunting due to malnutrition . Score: 6 International help is urgently needed to reduce levels of poverty . Traveling for UNICEF for over more than a decade , my focus has been on countries -- particularly in Africa -- that are being impacted by conflict including the Darfur region , South Sudan , Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo -- areas convulsed by violence . Stunting rates dropped in Haiti due to aid from the 2010 earthquake .
170 million children worldwide suffer stunting due to malnutrition . Score: 6 International help is urgently needed to reduce levels of poverty . Stunting rates dropped in Haiti due to aid from the 2010 earthquake .