Aid cuts are closing doors to healthcare, shutting down nutrition services, and pushing water, education and protection further out of reach in Somalia, and, as ever, children are paying the price, the spokesperson for UNICEF said Friday.

"On the back of unprecedented cuts in humanitarian aid, 205 health and nutrition facilities have already closed," James Elder said during a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

He warned that the impact on children has been immediate, adding that in the first six months of this year, Somalia has seen a 32% increase from the same period last year in children being admitted to stabilization centers with severe acute malnutrition and complications.

"Fewer facilities mean longer journeys for mums and their babies; longer journeys mean later treatment; later treatment means more severe illness and a greater risk of preventable death."